degrading
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The Journal was granted rare access to an array of electromagnetic-warfare systems playing a key role in protecting American troops and degrading enemy satellites around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That produces a different effect from existing drugs that target BCL6 by blocking or degrading it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The claim was brought in negligence and under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, incorporated by the Human Rights Act 1998, which bars inhuman or degrading treatment.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
I felt it would be degrading to faint with hunger on the causeway of a hamlet.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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