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Definition of Debunk
1. Verb. Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas. "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
Generic synonyms: Blackguard, Guy, Jest At, Laugh At, Make Fun, Poke Fun, Rib, Ridicule, Roast
Specialized synonyms: Uncloak, Unmask
Derivative terms: Debunking, Expose
Definition of Debunk
1. Verb. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Debunk
1. to expose the sham or falseness of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debunk
Literary usage of Debunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme by Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser (1999)
"The way to debunk such a fortuneteller is to do the exact opposite of what the
fortune-teller foretells (provided that the fortune-teller is willing to give ..."
2. Accounting for Pow/Mias from the Korean War and the Vietnam War: Hearing edited by Robert K. Dornan (1998)
"So when you debunk something, you're uncovering that it's bunk. That's why I'm
changing the term to a predisposition—because mindset is too cute—a ..."
3. The Voice by Oneil McQuick (2005)
"Many try to debunk a work cited on quote in order to disapprove what is said.
... But those who wanted to debunk you saying Jesus was a Nazarene would ..."
4. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"... that presents genetic, sociological, biological, and health-related facts
about alcoholism and seeks to debunk commonly-held myths about its causes, ..."
5. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desertby Richard L. Weaver by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"Conversely, there has never been any previous documentary evidence produced by
those who would debunk the incident to show that something did not happen; ..."
6. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"And I debunk some myths about writing nonfiction that often hold teachers and
kids back. Leads that Hook "Born at sea in the teeth of a gale, the sailor was ..."
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