debunk

debunk
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Debunk — Жанры альтернативный рок, метал Годы 2008 наши дни Страна …   Википедия

  • debunk — I verb cast doubt upon, decry, deflate, derogate, detract, disabuse, disdain, disenchant, disillusion, disparage, expose, puncture, set right, undeceive II index disabuse, disapprove (reject), disgrace …   Law dictionary

  • debunk — 1923, from DE (Cf. de ) + BUNK (Cf. bunk) (2); first used by U.S. novelist William Woodward (1874 1950), the notion being to take the bunk out of things …   Etymology dictionary

  • debunk — [v] disprove, ridicule cut down to size*, deflate, demystify, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up*, uncloak, unmask, unshroud; concepts 49,60 Ant. prove, uphold …   New thesaurus

  • debunk — ► VERB 1) discredit (a widely held opinion). 2) reduce the inflated reputation of. DERIVATIVES debunker noun …   English terms dictionary

  • debunk — ☆ debunk [dē buŋk′ ] vt. [ DE + BUNK2] to expose the false or exaggerated claims, pretensions, glamour, etc. of …   English World dictionary

  • debunk — [[t]di͟ːbʌ̱ŋk[/t]] debunks, debunking, debunked VERB 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. [V n] Historian Michael… …   English dictionary

  • debunk — UK [diːˈbʌŋk] / US [dɪˈbʌŋk] verb [transitive] Word forms debunk : present tense I/you/we/they debunk he/she/it debunks present participle debunking past tense debunked past participle debunked to prove that something such as an idea or belief is …   English dictionary

  • debunk — /diˈbʌŋk / (say dee bungk) verb (t) 1. to strip of false sentiment, etc.; make fun of, especially by parody: *Their aim, as they later said, was to debunk the literary movement … which was exemplified in the works of Dylan Thomas, Henry Treece… …  

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

  • debunk — debunker, n. /di bungk /, v.t. to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans. [1920 25, Amer.; DE + BUNK2] Syn. disparage, ridicule, lampoon. * * * …   Universalium

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