debunk.
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
Meaning & usage
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
debunk a theory
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bunkumclip. English bunk English debunk From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
A debunking; the act by which something is debunked.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bunkumclip. English bunk English debunk From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
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