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prebunked

prebunked is the simple past and past participle of prebunk.

Meaning of prebunk

Verb

prebunk (third-person singular simple present prebunks, present participle prebunking, simple past and past participle prebunked)

  1. To counter potential misinformation by warning people against it before it is disseminated.
    • They predicted that the warning would work by “pre-bunking” the false information that may come someone's way (rather than debunking it afterward). […] However, if the fake petition was “pre-bunked” with a vaccine, subjects held on to their higher estimation of a scientific consensus.2017 February 12, Sean Greene, “Fake news may be vulnerable to ‘vaccination’ Experiment shows that ‘pre-bunking’ can offset false information”, in Baltimore Sun, page A 6

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Questions about prebunked

What is prebunked the simple past and past participle of?
Prebunked is the simple past and past participle of prebunk.

Words near prebunked in the dictionary

  1. prebuilt
  2. prebuilts
  3. prebulimic
  4. prebullying
  5. prebunk
  6. prebunked
  7. prebunking
  8. prebunks
  9. preburial
  10. preburlesque
  11. preburn

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