American English pronunciation
How to pronounce debunked
IPA transcription: [dɪ'bʌŋkt]
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Verb
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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.