degraded
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“The defense-industrial base for their drones and their missiles and their navy were degraded by 90%,” he said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The material was designed to localize to injured tissue by binding to leaky microvasculature and was largely degraded within about three days.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
Rising sea levels and surging tides from increasingly powerful storms -- resulting in an increase in soil salinity -- have degraded agricultural lands, pushing people into tiger territory.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Given the "substantial amount of time that passed between her death and the discovery", evidence had degraded or disappeared, he said.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The European woman, Fannie Kimball, who had married a Southern white slaveowner, described how human beings were degraded.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing degraded
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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"Ellen West" by Frank Bidart
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