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debauch

[dih-bawch] / dɪˈbɔtʃ /


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When the god of drunkenness, debauch and theater comes to town, expect a party.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2019

“I did really debauch myself to achieve a visual at the time” is how he remembers it.

From The New Yorker Sep. 15, 2016

We’ve not had a debasement of the currency, a debauch of the exchange rate, so those fears and warnings aren’t all that well founded.

From Forbes Feb. 13, 2015

Lastly, the Gabfest crew takes a look at Google’s new smartphone for your face, Google Glass: Will it extend our human powers or finally debauch them for good?

From Slate May 22, 2013

The music, the anthem of Saturday night debauch, filtered to them through the jail stones that now enveloped them, isolated them with Junior Palmer.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Inflation, of course, debauches a currency by reducing its purchasing power.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the devil thrives in proportion, is always ready to enrich the rich man with ruin, the wise man with folly, the beautiful woman with degradation, the kind, average man with debauches of savagery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other practically sure signs of neurosis: fear of not being able to draw a deep breath, burning in the abdomen, repeated belching, stomachaches after "emotional debauches," "distresses that come before breakfast."

From Time Magazine Archive

Huston filmed Sodom dimly lit, and shied clear of the debauches of DeMille's epics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes he wondered how the Doctor and The Roman could remain ignorant of the extent of his debauches, his transgressions were so daring and so complete.

From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

The dissolute, debauched Lucius might have proved a challenge for Marcus in the long run, but illness carried him off after eight years in power.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

From their earliest shared Lunchables through debauched bachelorette parties right up to the Golden Girls years, women bond with intensity.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2025

But finally seeing the Rockstar-approved version of its debauched, riotous virtual Miami after almost 10 years of waiting sent fans wild.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2023

The similarly debauched “Joy Ride,” a sort of sunny “Hangover” redux starring and created by Asian American women, earned near-universal raves when it premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March.

From New York Times Jun. 13, 2023

“You are meant to be working separately, not in this...this debauched juxtaposition. I have warned you about collaborating, it is not the proper way to exhibit your skills.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Germany, haunted by the experience of hyperinflation in 1923 and after World War Two, is deeply fearful of debauching the central bank by printing money to lend to governments.

From Reuters Nov. 28, 2011

His novel is a grotesque, exciting and impudent tale of student ribaldry, army debauching and mystic romance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The graver peril is that the precious-metals fever will sap more and more confidence in paper money, debauching its value.

From Time Magazine Archive

I make few visits, nor go to levees; my only debauching is sitting late where I dine, if I like the company.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

He was fascinated by the sight of men, women and children engaged in a wild and, perhaps, a debauching experiment.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood




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