Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to debunk
Participle: debunked
Gerund: debunking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | debunk |
| you | debunk |
| he;she;it | debunks |
| we | debunk |
| you | debunk |
| they | debunk |
Perfect
| I | have debunked |
| you | have debunked |
| he;she;it | has debunked |
| we | have debunked |
| you | have debunked |
| they | have debunked |
Past
| I | debunked |
| you | debunked |
| he;she;it | debunked |
| we | debunked |
| you | debunked |
| they | debunked |
Pluperfect
| I | had debunked |
| you | had debunked |
| he;she;it | had debunked |
| we | had debunked |
| you | had debunked |
| they | had debunked |
Future
| I | will debunk |
| you | will debunk |
| he;she;it | will debunk |
| we | will debunk |
| you | will debunk |
| they | will debunk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have debunked |
| you | will have debunked |
| he;she;it | will have debunked |
| we | will have debunked |
| you | will have debunked |
| they | will have debunked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | debunk |
| you | debunk |
| he;she;it | debunk |
| we | debunk |
| you | debunk |
| they | debunk |
Perfect
| I | have debunked |
| you | have debunked |
| he;she;it | have debunked |
| we | have debunked |
| you | have debunked |
| they | have debunked |
Imperfect
| I | debunked |
| you | debunked |
| he;she;it | debunked |
| we | debunked |
| you | debunked |
| they | debunked |
Pluperfect
| I | had debunked |
| you | had debunked |
| he;she;it | had debunked |
| we | had debunked |
| you | had debunked |
| they | had debunked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would debunk |
| you | would debunk |
| he;she;it | would debunk |
| we | would debunk |
| you | would debunk |
| they | would debunk |
Perfect
| I | would have debunked |
| you | would have debunked |
| he;she;it | would have debunked |
| we | would have debunked |
| you | would have debunked |
| they | would have debunked |
Imperative
| you | debunk |
| we | Let's debunk |
| you | debunk |
Verbs conjugated like 'debunk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'debunk'
debulk,
degunk,
dejunk,
begunk,
bunk,
debark,
debeak,
debind,
debond,
debone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. English bunkumclip.
10. English bunk
11. English debunk
12. From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
Sample Sentences
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The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
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debunk a theory
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We began to debunk, with the aid of such Bowdlerisations of Freud as now trickled though, human motive, and learned to diagnose our mental discomforts as repressions and inhibitions—an accomplishment which gave me a good deal of relief. [1955, Phyllis Bentley, “Post-war”, in Noble in Reason, Bath: Cedric Chivers Ltd, published 1972, →ISBN, page 159:]
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This is what I mean by saying that the pseudoskeptics aren't actually skeptics in a genuine sense; they're believers in some other system, out to attack and debunk what they don't believe in while trying to appear open minded and scientific, even though they're not. [2009, Charles T. Tart, The End of Materialism, page 67:]
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I am reading Nick Sousanis’ PhD dissertation-as-a-comic Unflattening. It debunks the primacy of word over image in Western culture and suggests that the two are equal partners in meaning-making. [2016 December 25, Amruta Patil, “The book in my hand”, in The Hindu:]
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For many of the Capitol rioters and others who believe Mr. Trump won, it was not a large leap to “Stop the Steal” from a pathway of conspiratorial steppingstones that included the “Pizzagate” claim of 2016 that Democrats were running a child sex ring in the back of a popular Washington pizza parlor, the debunked allegation that a low-level Democratic National Committee aide was murdered for leaking Hillary Clinton’s emails and many more. [2021 January 27, Elizabeth Williamson, “Rioters Followed a Long Conspiratorial Road to the Capitol”, in The New York Times:]
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Another of my favourite themes has been debunking promises of new technology. Over the years, I have enjoyed watching the lack of progress on driverless cars, drone deliveries, hyperloop, and maglev. [2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:]