Definition of "debunk" []

• To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug. (verb-transitive)

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• "And in the 20th century, we shortened that to bunk, and in the 1920s, someone came up with the term debunk as an antidote to bunk."
• "A more thorough debunk is available here, but one point bears mentioning."
• "The inference of the word debunk implies that it is something dishonest that needs to be corrected."