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"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "dévoiler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "se déconsidérer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "mettre en pièces"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "réduire à néant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "jeter l’opprobre sur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "se discréditer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "desacreditar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "entlarven"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "diskreditieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "demaskieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "bloßlegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "entschleiern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "szertefoszlat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "eloszlat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "lerombol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "megsemmisít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "leleplez"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "screditare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "ridicolizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "sbugiardare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "demistificare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "sbufalare"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pongnohada",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "폭로하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balkida",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "밝히다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "razotkriva",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "разоткрива"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "razobličuva",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "разобличува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "whakanano"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "diskreditere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "obalić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "desacreditar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvenčivatʹ",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "развенчивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razoblačatʹ",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "разоблачать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "desacreditar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "ridiculizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "hacer añicos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "desbaratar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "hacer trizas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "despedazar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "destrozar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"word": "desprestigiar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozvínčuvaty",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розві́нчувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozvinčáty",
"sense": "to discredit or expose the falsehood of something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розвінча́ти"
}
],
"word": "debunk"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with de-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ʌŋk",
"Rhymes:English/ʌŋk/2 syllables"
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"args": {
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"2": "de",
"3": "bunk"
},
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"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bunkum"
},
"expansion": "bunkum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Buncombe County"
},
"expansion": "Buncombe County",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "de- + bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923",
"forms": [
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"form": "debunks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "debunk (plural debunks)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A debunking; the act by which something is debunked."
],
"links": [
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"debunking",
"debunking"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) A debunking; the act by which something is debunked."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/diːˈbʌŋk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/diːˈbʊŋk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
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{
"ipa": "/dɪˈbʌŋk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌŋk"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-debunk.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-au-debunk.ogg/En-au-debunk.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/En-au-debunk.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "dĭ-bŭngkʹ"
}
],
"word": "debunk"
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