What is "debunked"

Usage examples of "debunked".

The lovers of Shakespeare ought to have seen that their idol had been debunked, that in fact he had no merits, and they ought to have ceased forthwith to take any pleasure in him.

He can no more be debunked by such methods than you can destroy a flower by preaching a sermon at it.

Gore would rather hold on to a theory that has long since been debunked, than admit the damage to ozone levels will be reversed.