degrade

Example Sentences

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Agency chief Mike Burgess said a "complex, challenging and changing security environment is becoming more dynamic, diverse and degraded".

From Barron's

But it was better, I figured, to have Ronnie a little peeved than to have me a whole lot damaged and degraded, just because I’d let my guard down for three and one-third seconds.

From Literature

This diluted version of Hemingway has inevitably degraded the reputation of the original.

From The Wall Street Journal

The silk fibres are implanted into a vein or hollow conduit to repair a nerve and eventually degrade into the body.

From BBC

But there are a series of technical challenges that need to be overcome, including launch constraints and radiation that could degrade chips used in the data centers.

From MarketWatch