0 past simple and past participle of debunk --
1 to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear: --
Some of the claims that have been made about cancer in the area of nuclear power stations, of children suffering from leukaemia in those areas, have been debunked by figures.
That is a piece of nonsense that needs debunking, and the sooner it is debunked in our society the better.
It is sad that heroes are constantly debunked.
It is time that we debunked this idea of the impartiality of the law.
This is a new theory and the sooner it is debunked the better.
All the talk about decentralisation of the nationalised industries has been so much bunk and has been debunked.
He denigrated the defence of the country, he said how futile it was, and he debunked the whole approach of some of us to defence.
As a result, the myth that we live in a safe society and a safe country ought to be debunked.
