Associations to the word «Debunk»
Adjective
Wiktionary
DEBUNK, verb. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
Dictionary definition
DEBUNK, verb. Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.