debunk

Etymology

de- + bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923

verb

  1. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
    The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
    debunk a theory

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