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(transitive, rare) To take down or discredit (bombastic speech or writing)..
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?'
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.
Use unbombast when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unbombast means (transitive, rare) To take down or discredit (bombastic speech or writing)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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?'
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