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Definition of debunk in English Turkish dictionary
- çürütmek
- madara etmek
- alaşağı etmek
- foyasını meydana çıkarmak
- çürüt
- (yanlış bir düşünceyi) çürütmek
- putları kırmak
- {f} kirli çamaşırlarını açığa çıkarmak
- doğrusunu göster
- f., k.dili. (bir şeyin) yanlış taraflarını açığa vurmak
- {f} gerçeği göstermek
- {f} açığa çıkarmak
- {f} maskesini düşürmek
- debunker
- doğruyu gösteren
- to debunk
- madara etmek
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Definition of debunk in English English dictionary
- To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something
Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat.
- {f} disparage, ridicule; expose as being false or exaggerated
- If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is. Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths. to show that an idea or belief is false (BUNK2)
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
- debunking
- The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
- debunked
- past of debunk
- debunker
- {i} one who reveals the truth; one who exposes falseness and inaccuracy
- debunking
- present participle of debunk
- debunking
- the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"
- debunks
- third-person singular of debunk
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Hyphenation
de·bunkTurkish pronunciation
dîbʌngkSynonyms
cut down to size, deflate, demystify, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up, uncloak, unmask, unshroudPronunciation
/dəˈbəɴɢk/ /dɪˈbʌŋk/
Etymology
[ (")dE-'b&[ng]k ] (transitive verb.) 1923. de- + bunk (from bunkum) 1923Resimler
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