1
as in refuting
to prove to be false
a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends
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as in exposing
to reveal the true nature of
the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance
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Recent Examples of debunking
The podcast also won’t just be about debunking the junk; there will be episodes highlighting the good stuff in wellness too.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2025
The contributions to this site are made exclusively by university faculty and other academics with an emphasis on debunking common myths associated with growing plants.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
It's been almost 19 months since Sebastian Rogers was last seen at his Hendersonville home, and the FBI is debunking rumors in the case.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
Kennedy has promised that, with a report assembled in a few short months, HHS will soon end the years-long debate on the drivers of autism—which Kennedy has repeatedly and baselessly linked to vaccines, despite decades of evidence debunking that claim.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
However, at the time, his campaign's senior adviser, Jason Miller, shared a tweet seemingly debunking the rumors.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Davis police are debunking information posted on a community website of an active bomb threat in the city as unfounded and from a two-year-old social media post.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2025
The contributions to this site are made exclusively by university faculty and other academics with an emphasis on debunking common myths associated with growing plants.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
It's been almost 19 months since Sebastian Rogers was last seen at his Hendersonville home, and the FBI is debunking rumors in the case.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
Kennedy has promised that, with a report assembled in a few short months, HHS will soon end the years-long debate on the drivers of autism—which Kennedy has repeatedly and baselessly linked to vaccines, despite decades of evidence debunking that claim.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
However, at the time, his campaign's senior adviser, Jason Miller, shared a tweet seemingly debunking the rumors.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Davis police are debunking information posted on a community website of an active bomb threat in the city as unfounded and from a two-year-old social media post.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debunking
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Health experts and medical organizations are refuting claims of a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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Barrett himself previously addressed the rumors surrounding his time off, refuting any suggestion that he had been removed from his position.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, Arsenal’s 3-2 Women’s Super League (WSL) defeat by Manchester City over the weekend extended Arsenal’s winless run to three matches, dropping them to fifth in the WSL table and further exposing flaws in defensive solidity and execution in the final third.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Their job was to guide (and smuggle) me through the tribal areas of the country, exposing me to places where visitors, especially Americans, were officially forbidden.—
Kaitlin Stevens,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Each episode saw an actor pose as a teenager, uncovering a child predator in an anonymous online setting before reeling them in for an in-person meeting.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chong Keat Aun’s Mother Bhumi stars Fan Bingbing as a woman in a Malaysian village in the 1990s uncovering the truth behind her husband’s death, while Zhang Lu, fresh from winning Busan’s Best Film Award for Gloaming In Luomu, is premiering Mothertongue, also starring Bai Baihe, in Tokyo.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Debunking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debunking. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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