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mythbust

mythbust verb: to dispel a stereotype or misconception.

Verb

mythbust (third-person singular simple present mythbusts, present participle mythbusting, simple past and past participle mythbusted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To dispel a stereotype or misconception.
    • “I definitely prefer limiting our hands-on action-adventure to our attempts to mythbust my love scenes.” Pete smiled and pulled her close.2017, Suzanne Brockmann, Some Kind of Hero

Forms of mythbust

third-person singular presentmythbusts
present participlemythbusting
past participlemythbusted
pastmythbusted

Origin of mythbust

Back-formation from mythbuster. Equivalent to myth + bust.

Questions about mythbust

What does mythbust mean?
Mythbust means to dispel a stereotype or misconception.
What part of speech is mythbust?
Mythbust is a verb.
What is the past tense of mythbust?
The past tense of mythbust is mythbusted.

Words near mythbust in the dictionary

  1. Mytchett
  2. myth
  3. myth.
  4. mytharc
  5. mytharcs
  6. mythbust
  7. mythbusted
  8. mythbuster
  9. mythbusters
  10. mythbusting
  11. mythbusts

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