DEBUNK

debunk, expose

(verb) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; “The physicist debunked the psychic’s claims”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

debunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked)

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

Anagrams

• bunked

Source: Wiktionary



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