degrading
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They also justify his choice to continue the campaign, degrading Iran’s missile and drone infrastructure and thereby its ability to support proxies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
But the U.S. will do better to keep its eyes on the prize of degrading the regime and its weaponry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Of the £32m that was never recovered, Kent's chief constable Tim Smith still hopes part of the haul can be traced, but said the old paper notes may be buried in the ground and degrading.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
What can he possibly mean by parading himself in our colonies and our possessions in the degrading position he occupies?'
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
There is a theory that the process of aging may be due to the cumulative effect of imprecision, a gradual degrading of information.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing degrading
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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They Called Us Enemy
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