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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: debunk, expose]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1923 to expose the sham or falseness of <debunk a legend> • debunker noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. colloq. 1 show the good reputation or aspirations of (a person, institution, etc.) to be spurious. 2 expose the falseness of (a claim etc.). Derivatives: debunker n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(debunks, debunking, debunked) If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is. Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths. VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

awaken, break the spell, burst the bubble, correct, disabuse, disappoint, discover, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, enlighten, expose, let down easy, let in on, prick the bubble, put straight, set right, set straight, show up, tell the truth, unblindfold, uncharm, uncloak, undeceive, undress, unmask, unshroud, unspell, wake up