degrade
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Iran has also shown in weeks of skirmishes that it has more than enough missiles to stay in the fight despite U.S. and Israeli efforts to degrade those capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Missions have limited time to gather enough sunlight driven X-ray signals, and detectors can degrade during long periods in space.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
It worked to “disrupt, deter and degrade foreign adversaries’ ability to interfere with and influence how U.S. citizens vote and how those votes are counted.”
From Salon • May 21, 2026
“It’s the fastest way to degrade your loyalty and satisfaction among the people who are traveling with you, because they feel like they’re being nickeled and dimed,” Taylor told me.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
No generation has the right to dictate to another what its culture ought to be, or to degrade its choices as stupid and offensive.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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