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debunking

 [dih-buhngk]  

de·bunk

   [dih-buhngk]
verb (used with object)
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans.
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; de- + bunk2

Related forms
de·bunk·er, noun

Synonyms
disparage, ridicule, lampoon.

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debunking

noun
the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" [syn: repudiation] 
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