VERB
指出…的错误;揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假）
If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
例句
Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.
历史学家迈克尔·贝施洛斯破除了几个不实传言。
...the Frenchmen of the enlightenment who debunked the church and the crown.
揭露教会和王室真相的启蒙运动时期的法国人