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Meaning of unbombast | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To take down or discredit (bombastic speech or writing).

rare, transitive

Examples

“We wish Mr. Rafinesque to understand, that when any pseudo scientific publication is published here, calculated to mislead at home, and to discredit the country abroad, we shall proceed to unbombast it as soon as our leisure permits.”
Earlier in the year he had written to Backhouse, 'will it not then be singularly hard if we cannot find time to unbombast the impudence of the matchless Jonathan?'”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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