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 rest of Swift’s time on the show was spent breaking down songs, debunking rumors, and gushing about Travis Kelce.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
The podcast also won’t just be about debunking the junk; there will be episodes highlighting the good stuff in wellness too.
—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
Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
The podcast also won’t just be about debunking the junk; there will be episodes highlighting the good stuff in wellness too.
—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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The film spends the next hour and 50 minutes refuting that idea.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Michaels took to her Instagram days after the release of Fit for TV to post a series of screenshots of text chains, email threads, and other pieces of documentation refuting or otherwise complicating each claim leveled at her.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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But this is a massive update, finally exposing what had always been a private metric.—
David Zucker,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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This means exposing the shoulders, showing too much leg above the knees, or wearing clothing with crude or inappropriate imagery.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Zelenitsky was not involved in the new research, but her team’s ongoing work in Alberta uncovering fossil eggshells linked to diverse dinosaur species aligns with the findings about stable dinosaur populations.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Tracing how those flavors change is central to uncovering neutrinos’ role in the evolution of the cosmos.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Debunking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debunking. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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