| English verb: debunk | |||
| 1. | debunk (communication) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas | ||
| Samples | The physicist debunked the psychic's claims. | ||
| Synonyms | expose | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | uncloak, unmask | ||