debunked

/D IH0 B AH1 NG K T/
verb
  1. 1

    To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

    โ€œThe explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.โ€

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