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debase
verb as in degrade, shame
verb as in adulterate
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Congratulations — you correctly predicted that governments would debase currencies while lying about it.
White supremacy debases Jesus’ actual teachings of radical equality, just as it makes democracy impossible.
It will stop at nothing to debase and dehumanize any opposition — openly acknowledging that it dreams of burying in excrement even those who peacefully object.
Argentina has a history of debasing its currency, which is why its people keep billions of dollars in coffee cans, home safes and mattresses.
The late Roman Empire undermined its commercial economy through centralization, regulation and debasing the currency.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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