degrade

Example Sentences

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The United States and Israel said that they attacked Iran to degrade its military capacity.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

However, McBeth notes that continued operations would continue to degrade Iran’s command and control structure.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

When evolution experiments only reward a single state, other necessary states can degrade.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

“There is no modern precedent for regime change achieved through air power alone. Bombs can degrade infrastructure. They can weaken capabilities. But they do not manufacture organized political alternatives,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Galen’s text had never been accompanied by illustrations—Galen explicitly said that illustrations were worthless—because in a manuscript culture complex illustrations degrade rapidly each time they are copied.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton