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Debunk in a sentence
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Debunk meaning
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
Using Debunk
- The main meaning on this page is: To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
- Useful related words include: expose, make fun, rib, jest at.
- In the example corpus, debunk often appears in combinations such as: to debunk, debunk the, debunk myths.
Context around Debunk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Debunk
- In this selection, "debunk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, inevitably, aide, compared, myths and report stand out and add context to how "debunk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and to debunk the myths and at least debunk a massive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "debunk" sits close to words such as albemarle, ald and allister, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with debunk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ogun state government, Alake’s aide debunk Shonekan’s death. (10 words)
Bear with me while I debunk that load of sycophant bullshit. (11 words)
It's also the first thing Top Gun 3 will inevitably debunk. (12 words)
The WHO, for some time now, has embarked on a global campaign to highlight the “strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics” employed by the tobacco industry to target youths and to debunk the myths they create. (36 words)
Researchers say their videos are relatively easier to debunk compared to "deepfakes" -- fabricated images, audio and videos created using technology that experts warn is frighteningly sophisticated and gaining ground in the criminal underworld. (33 words)
The Online Abortion Resource Squad is there to debunk myths and to steer people to the care they need, which the founder of the group, Ariella Messing, admits is pretty fucked up. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
David Schwartz, CTO at Ripple, has taken to Twitter to debunk a misconception regarding the Silicon Valley-based blockchain company.
Even so, the show did at least debunk a massive theory about her death.
It's also the first thing Top Gun 3 will inevitably debunk.
Researchers say their videos are relatively easier to debunk compared to "deepfakes" -- fabricated images, audio and videos created using technology that experts warn is frighteningly sophisticated and gaining ground in the criminal underworld.
The Online Abortion Resource Squad is there to debunk myths and to steer people to the care they need, which the founder of the group, Ariella Messing, admits is pretty fucked up.
The statement, which was to debunk report of a meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Governors Forum or Progressive Governors Forum, said there was no such meeting.
The WHO, for some time now, has embarked on a global campaign to highlight the “strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics” employed by the tobacco industry to target youths and to debunk the myths they create.
This speculation spawned one theory that showrunner Tony Gilroy felt compelled to debunk prior to the Season 1 finale's debut.
Unfortunately, there are too many folk tales circulating to debunk or verify them all.
Welcome to the 901st installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them.
What matters here is not so much the peddling of such conspiratorial nonsense, which isn't difficult to debunk, but who is behind it and why.
As loony as they may be, however, one of the biggest and most vexing problems with these kinds of false conspiracy theories is that they are, almost by definition, difficult to debunk.
Bear with me while I debunk that load of sycophant bullshit.
Below we debunk the myth, and explain how to settle on a daily step goal that works for you.
But in an attempt to debunk Comrade Musa’s claim that only a handful of persons with disabilities were handed the 10kg bags of rice, Barr.
If she allows others to criticize the data, they will debunk the methodology so badly that her hypothesis isn't invalid scientifically, it was just another bad paper.
Ogun state government, Alake’s aide debunk Shonekan’s death.
On Wednesday, the former India captain’s brother Vikas posted a short statement on social media to debunk rumours about their mother.
Ortzen said he had no time for people who mocked his faith: “If you’re going to criticise something, you should have some experience of what you’re trying to debunk.
The resident further went on to debunk the police’s report that Enrique attacked the police with a firearm before he was shot.
Common combinations with debunk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to debunk 52×
- debunk the 27×
- debunk myths 4×
- debunk this 4×
- or debunk 3×
- debunk them 3×
- and debunk 3×
- debunk report 2×
- while debunk 2×
- debunk that 2×