debunk
to expose the falseness of a claim or belief
Word origin: From de- plus bunk, nonsense, shortened from bunkum.
Debunk in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing debunk in a sentence.
Her experiments debunked the long-held myth about the substance.
The study set out to debunk the widely held but unfounded claim that the supplement improves memory.
Using “debunk” well
Debunk means to expose a claim as false, pairing with disprove and discredit. It implies actively dismantling a myth rather than merely doubting it.
More GRE words starting with D
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