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debunk

Pronunciation: /diːˈbʌŋk/

The English word “debunk” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.

noun

  1. A debunking; the act by which something is debunked.

Etymology

From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.

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