Englishdebunk
verb
he debunked the myth that savants rely on photographic memories:
explode, deflate, puncture, quash, knock the bottom out of, drive a coach and horses through, expose, show in its true light, discredit, disprove, contradict, controvert, confute, invalidate, negate, give the lie to, prove to be false, challenge, call into question;
informal shoot full of holes, shoot down in flames, blow sky-high.
▷antonyms confirm.
debunk Oxford Dictionary of English