debase
Example Sentences
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Institutions, acting in their own interest, are debasing America’s pool of young, human capital.
Congratulations — you correctly predicted that governments would debase currencies while lying about it.
From MarketWatch
White supremacy debases Jesus’ actual teachings of radical equality, just as it makes democracy impossible.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
Argentina has a history of debasing its currency, which is why its people keep billions of dollars in coffee cans, home safes and mattresses.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
