Associations to the word «Debunk»

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.
William Butler Yeats