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de·bunk

   [dih-buhngk]
verb (used with object)
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans.
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; de- + bunk2

Related forms
de·bunk·er, noun

Synonyms
disparage, ridicule, lampoon.

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debunk (diːˈbʌŋk)
 
—vb
informal (tr) to expose the pretensions or falseness of, esp by ridicule
 
[C20: from de- + bunk²]
 
de'bunker
 
—n

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debunk
1923, from de- + bunk; first used by U.S. novelist William Woodward (1874-1950), the notion being "to take the bunk out of things."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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