debunk
verb
- to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /diːˈbʌŋk/ / /diːˈbʊŋk/ / /dɪˈbʌŋk/
noun
Etymology: From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
- A debunking; the act by which something is debunked.
verb
Etymology: From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
- To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
“The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.”
“debunk a theory”