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debunk

English

Etymology

de- +? bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /di??b??k/, /di??b??k/
  • (US) enPR: d?-b?ngk?, d?-b?ngk?, IPA(key): /d??b??k/, /?di??b??k/
  • Rhymes: -??k

Verb

debunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked)

  1. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
    The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.

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Anagrams

  • bunked

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pillory

English

Etymology

From Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin p?la (pillar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?l??i/

Noun

pillory (plural pillories)

  1. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

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Verb

pillory (third-person singular simple present pillories, present participle pillorying, simple past and past participle pilloried)

  1. (transitive) To put in a pillory.
  2. (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
  3. (transitive) To criticize harshly.

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