debunk
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans.
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1Other words for debunk
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- de·bunk·er, noun
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Local news broadcaster Tegna plans to roll out its fact-checking and debunking vertical, Verify, into a standalone brand by this summer, and draw on local expertise among the 49 newsrooms across the country it serves.
Why local broadcaster Tegna is making a big bet on its fact-checking vertical Verify | Sara Guaglione | February 12, 2021 | DigidayThis year, we felt it was necessary to take it one step further and give readers their own tools to debunk false and misleading visuals.
Introducing #DIYFactCheck, a project from The Fact Checker | Nadine Ajaka, Elyse Samuels, Sarah Cahlan | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe anti-vaccine protest that temporarily cut off access to a mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium was organized on Facebook through a page that promotes debunked claims about the coronavirus pandemic, masks and immunization.
Anti-vaccine protest at Dodger Stadium was organized on Facebook, including promotion of banned ‘Plandemic’ video | Isaac Stanley-Becker | February 2, 2021 | Washington Post“Some of the original forecasts from the IHME group were using a method that had been thoroughly debunked before I probably was even born,” Scarpino said.
The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic | Jordana Cepelewicz | January 28, 2021 | Quanta MagazineThe post was deleted because LG brutally debunked the report, calling it "completely false and without merit."
This is when Cummings realized that it was time to debunk that “people like strong women” rumor.
Those images themselves should debunk the myths that Islam and Muslims are extreme.
Meet the Muslim Ms. Marvel: Kamala Khan’s Fight Against Stereotypes | Rula Jebreal | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd empirical studies debunk what most Americans believe about drugs.
Part of what I was trying to do was debunk what people view as the golden ages.
David Stockman on ‘The Great Deformation’ and Our Economic Doom | Daniel Gross | April 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe more we can reinforce good fear—and debunk bad fear—the more we can enhance those chances even further.
British Dictionary definitions for debunk
/ (diːˈbʌŋk) /
(tr) informal to expose the pretensions or falseness of, esp by ridicule
Origin of debunk
1Derived forms of debunk
- debunker, noun
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