debunk

== English == === Etymology === From de- (“away”) +‎ bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈbʌŋk/, /diːˈbʊŋk/ (US) enPR: dĭ-bŭngkʹ, dē-bŭngkʹ, IPA(key): /dɪˈbʌŋk/, /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/ (Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈbɐŋk/ Rhymes: -ʌŋk === Verb === debunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked) (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === debunk (plural debunks) (informal) A debunking; the act by which something is debunked. === Anagrams === bunked