debunk

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• UK: /diːˈbʌŋk/
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• UK: /diːˈbʊŋk/
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• US: dĭ-bŭngkʹ
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• US: dē-bŭngkʹ
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• US: /dɪˈbʌŋk/
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• US: /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/
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• Australian: /dɪˈbɐŋk/
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• rhymes with -ʌŋk
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 B AH1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bunkumclip. English bunk English debunk From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَنَّدَ (fannada) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Armenian: մերկացնել (merkacʻnel) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Bulgarian: развенчавам (razvenčavam) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Bulgarian: изобличавам измама (izobličavam izmama) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 揭穿 (jiēchuān) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Czech: vyvrátit — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Czech: odhalit podstatu — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Czech: znevěrohodnit — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Czech: zdiskreditovat — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Czech: rozkrýt — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Czech: prokázat chybnost — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Danish: afsløre — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Danish: skyde ned — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Dutch: doorprikken — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Dutch: ontmaskeren — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Finnish: romuttaa — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Finnish: kumota — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Finnish: paljastaa — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• French: dévoiler — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• French: se déconsidérer — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• French: mettre en pièces — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• French: réduire à néant — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• French: jeter l'opprobre sur — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• French: se discréditer — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Galician: desacreditar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• German: entlarven — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• German: diskreditieren — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• German: demaskieren — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• German: bloßlegen — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• German: entschleiern — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Greek: αποδόμηση (apodómisi) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Hungarian: szertefoszlat — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Hungarian: eloszlat — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Hungarian: lerombol — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Hungarian: megsemmisít — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Hungarian: leleplez — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Italian: screditare — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Italian: ridicolizzare — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Italian: sbugiardare — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Italian: demistificare — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Italian: sbufalare — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Korean: 폭로하다 (pongnohada) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Korean: 밝히다 (balkida) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Macedonian: разоткрива (razotkriva) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Macedonian: разобличува (razobličuva) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Māori: whakanano — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: diskreditere — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Polish: obalić — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Portuguese: desacreditar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Russian: развенчивать (razvenčivatʹ) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Russian: разоблачать (razoblačatʹ) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: desacreditar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: ridiculizar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: hacer añicos — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: desbaratar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: hacer trizas — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: despedazar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: destrozar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: desprestigiar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: desmentir — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: desdecir — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Spanish: desengañar — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Ukrainian: розві́нчувати (rozvínčuvaty) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
• Ukrainian: розвінча́ти (rozvinčáty) — to discredit or expose the falsehood of something