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debunk

verb as in disprove, ridicule

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In the past, Kennedy has offered debunked theories about the rising rates of autism, blaming vaccines despite a lack of evidence.

From BBC

A spokesperson accused the three experts on the commission of serving as "Hamas proxies" and relying "entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others" that had "already been thoroughly debunked".

From BBC

The claim made significant ripples on social media, but it’s the same claim that has been debunked extensively by the state as well as independent experts.

From Salon

Multiple outlets later debunked the claim, which was highlighted by Utah Governor Spencer Cox in his press conference on Friday.

From Salon

As it turns out, many of the links to the alleged “hoax” debunkings — “peddled by the usual suspects” like liberals and the mainstream media, it said — didn’t actually debunk the charges at all.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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