Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Debunk
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A simulation using a fiberglass-covered melon here demonstrates the effect nicely as Penn And Teller debunk why Oliver Stone's "back and to the right" claim about the JFK assassination is wrong.
Source: Bullets Do Not Work That Way -
Subverted with English Bob, who tells Beauchamp these beautiful bad ass speeches about his 'exploits'... only to have Little Bill debunk them, noting "The Duck of Death" shot first and In the Back with most of the gunfights Bob himself started.
Source: Film / Unforgiven
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