debunk
verb /diːˈbʌŋk/
/diːˈbʌŋk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they debunk | /diːˈbʌŋk/ /diːˈbʌŋk/ |
| he / she / it debunks | /diːˈbʌŋks/ /diːˈbʌŋks/ |
| past simple debunked | /diːˈbʌŋkt/ /diːˈbʌŋkt/ |
| past participle debunked | /diːˈbʌŋkt/ /diːˈbʌŋkt/ |
| -ing form debunking | /diːˈbʌŋkɪŋ/ /diːˈbʌŋkɪŋ/ |
- debunk something to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false; to show that something is not as good as people think it is
- His theories have been debunked by recent research.
- Let’s start by debunking a few myths.
- She attempts to debunk unrealistic expectations about marriage.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDebunk is used with these nouns as the object:- claim
- myth
- notion
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