Synonyms for debunk
dɪˈbʌŋkde·bunk

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1. debunk, exposeverb

   expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

   "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

   Synonyms:
   display, unwrap, let on, bring out, scupper, divulge, give away, expose, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, disclose

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1. Robin Koval:

   We wanted to debunk a few things here, one,( smoking) doesn't make you more attractive, and we know the thing that young people care about most is connecting with other people, especially for romantic opportunities, and that social smoking, whatever you call it, light smoking, intermittent smoking, is smoking.

2. Marcella Nunez-Smith:

   We always have to make sure that messages are tailored, so that's about saying, what are your particular concerns ? What misinformation often, and disinformation have you heard ? And how can we debunk that ?

3. David Brown:

   It doesn't lead to higher crime, it doesn't prevent officers from doing their jobs, so let's debunk those myths, it actually makes us safer because officers are safer as it relates to foot pursuit policies and the outcomes for offenders fleeing is safer.

4. David Vespremi:

   If there's no one on the other end of the phone to debunk them, do those myths take on a life of their own ? if there's no one there to address it other than Elon's tweets, does that become sort of an unchecked premise that people buy into ?

5. Beth Tarini:

   People read as children that scarlet fever makes you go blind, parents look concerned ... so I have to debunk it in the office.