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debunk
de·bunk D0064600 (dē-bŭngk′)tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunks To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug.
de·bunk′er n.Word History: You can readily see that debunk is constructed from the prefix de-, meaning "to remove," and the word bunk. But what is the origin of the word bunk, denoting the nonsense that is to be removed? Bunk came from a place where much bunk has originated, the United States Congress. During the 16th Congress (1819-1821), Felix Walker, representative from the district in North Carolina including Buncombe County, delivered a particularly pointless speech intended merely to convince his constituency that he was making a difference in Washington. His harried colleagues asked him to desist, but he nattered on despite their protests—he was speaking not to Congress, he explained, but "to Buncombe." Buncombe, respelled bunkum and later shortened to bunk, thus became synonymous with claptrap. The answer to all this bunk came in 1923 when William E. Woodward, a writer with a reputation for giving the blunt facts about respected US institutions, coined the term debunk in a best-selling novel called Bunk.debunk (diːˈbʌŋk) vb (tr) informal to expose the pretensions or falseness of, esp by ridicule[C20: from de- + bunk2] deˈbunker nde•bunk (dɪˈbʌŋk)
v.t. to expose as being false or exaggerated. [1920–25, Amer.; de- + bunk2] de•bunk′er, n. debunk
Past participle: debunked
Gerund: debunking
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| I debunk | | you debunk | | he/she/it debunks | | we debunk | | you debunk | | they debunk |
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| I debunked | | you debunked | | he/she/it debunked | | we debunked | | you debunked | | they debunked |
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| I am debunking | | you are debunking | | he/she/it is debunking | | we are debunking | | you are debunking | | they are debunking |
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| I have debunked | | you have debunked | | he/she/it has debunked | | we have debunked | | you have debunked | | they have debunked |
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| I was debunking | | you were debunking | | he/she/it was debunking | | we were debunking | | you were debunking | | they were debunking |
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| I had debunked | | you had debunked | | he/she/it had debunked | | we had debunked | | you had debunked | | they had debunked |
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| I will debunk | | you will debunk | | he/she/it will debunk | | we will debunk | | you will debunk | | they will debunk |
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| I will have debunked | | you will have debunked | | he/she/it will have debunked | | we will have debunked | | you will have debunked | | they will have debunked |
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| I will be debunking | | you will be debunking | | he/she/it will be debunking | | we will be debunking | | you will be debunking | | they will be debunking |
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| I have been debunking | | you have been debunking | | he/she/it has been debunking | | we have been debunking | | you have been debunking | | they have been debunking |
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| I will have been debunking | | you will have been debunking | | he/she/it will have been debunking | | we will have been debunking | | you will have been debunking | | they will have been debunking |
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| I had been debunking | | you had been debunking | | he/she/it had been debunking | | we had been debunking | | you had been debunking | | they had been debunking |
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| I would debunk | | you would debunk | | he/she/it would debunk | | we would debunk | | you would debunk | | they would debunk |
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| I would have debunked | | you would have debunked | | he/she/it would have debunked | | we would have debunked | | you would have debunked | | they would have debunked |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | debunk - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"exposeblackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"uncloak, unmask - reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician" |
debunkverb (Informal) expose, show up, mock, ridicule, puncture, deflate, disparage, lampoon, cut down to size The men of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown.debunkverbTo cause to be no longer believed or valued:deflate, discredit, explode, puncture.Informal: shoot down.Idioms: knock the bottom out of, shoot full of holes.Translationsdiscréditerscreditaresmascheraredebunk
Synonyms for debunkverb exposeSynonyms- expose
- show up
- mock
- ridicule
- puncture
- deflate
- disparage
- lampoon
- cut down to size
Synonyms for debunkverb to cause to be no longer believed or valuedSynonyms- deflate
- discredit
- explode
- puncture
- shoot down
Synonyms for debunkverb expose while ridiculingSynonymsRelated Words- blackguard
- guy
- jest at
- laugh at
- make fun
- poke fun
- ridicule
- roast
- rib
- uncloak
- unmask
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