American English pronunciation

How to pronounce debunked

IPA transcription: [dɪ'bʌŋkt]

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Verb

  • expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

    “The physicist debunked the psychic's claims”

Usage examples

  • His claim of graduating from Oxford University was also debunked.
  • After the claim was debunked, Kent retracted and deleted the tweet.
  • His claim of graduating from Oxford University was also debunked.
  • However, both Zionists and Anti-Zionists have debunked this.
  • This was not always so, even after the forgery was debunked.