debunk
verb (used with object)
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated.
was debunking
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past progressiveof debunk.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Also, it was debunking the lie that just because we’re all in the music business, we all like each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
His stock-in-trade was debunking gloomy stereotypes about poor countries and economic development.
From Economist ● Feb. 9, 2017
“Holy cow, when it first came out, a lot of people were upset that I was debunking the machismo image of men as they age.”
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2016
Simmer's interest was debunking history, de flating legends of false heroics.
From Time Magazine Archive
