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as in to refute
to prove to be false
a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends
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as in to expose
to reveal the true nature of
the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance
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Recent Examples of debunk
There is a long, long, long list of fact-checks debunking various false claims about the moon landings, which marked perhaps the biggest milestone to date in human scientific and technological achievement.
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Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Higgins also debunked the debasement trade hypothesis.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
However, Stefano Caroti, president and chief executive officer of Deckers Brands, worked to debunk investor concerns on the company’s Q2 earnings call with analysts on Thursday.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
None of the parties involved in the two complaints were contacted by CIF, the school or the district and Grebing said Zissi was not given any opportunity to debunk the accusations.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Higgins also debunked the debasement trade hypothesis.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
However, Stefano Caroti, president and chief executive officer of Deckers Brands, worked to debunk investor concerns on the company’s Q2 earnings call with analysts on Thursday.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
None of the parties involved in the two complaints were contacted by CIF, the school or the district and Grebing said Zissi was not given any opportunity to debunk the accusations.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debunk
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Spotify also refuted that the program only helps major label artists, contending that the feature is popular among both major and independent acts.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rosen refuted Palomares’ claim, saying the tugboat captain was reckless and should have been on the lookout for recreational boaters who frequent those waters.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Satire is brilliant for exposing the folly of humans, especially those in power and those working in bad faith—the hypocrites and the frauds—and can be particularly potent when set in irrational or dystopic times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The devices that perform this conversion typically use anion exchange membranes, which are prone to degradation when exposed to organic materials.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the email, Epstein instructed Maxwell to offer a reward to anyone who could help disprove Giuffre’s allegation.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Notions had persisted that Brahe was poisoned to death with mercury, but later analyses of his bones and teeth disproved the idea.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The result is that real patients experience complications in real-time, without knowing risks that may have been uncovered in a clinical trial.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Amid ongoing appeals of her conviction, Dorotik was released from prison in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later that year, her conviction was vacated based on new evidence her attorneys had uncovered.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Angels counsel has attempted to discredit these former employees, portraying them as bitter because of their dismissals from the club.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Some of these posts that claim to show theft as a result of no SNAP have been discredited, while others questioned for their authenticity.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Debunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debunk. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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