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What does debunk mean?

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  1. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
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This is the man who spends much energy trying to debunk Mother Theresa.
Sometimes this long-range goal is sacrificed because of the desire to expose or debunk a current claim.
Whoever is trying to debunk him, they are simply jealous that he is up there and they are down there.
His analyses of objects, media and other signs often seek to debunk the myths, or false representations, that surround them and appear natural.
This attempts to debunk a few myths, correct a few inaccuracies and enlighten us as to certain events that were omitted from the original book.
If anything, the Oscar nominations debunk the idea that this was a great year for women.

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