debunk
/dee-BUNK/verbto expose the falseness of a claim or myth
“The article debunks five myths about lightning.”
- Synonyms
- disprove, refute, discredit
- Antonyms
- confirm, validate
- Memory hook
- de + bunk: throw the bunkum out.
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