degrading

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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

The U.S. says it is degrading Iran’s ability to launch attacks by the day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The judgement said the trust's policy had an "admirable and noble purpose", but it had the effect of "violating the dignity" of the nurses and of "creating for them a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

D-Wave Quantum reduced hardware for controlling qubits without degrading fidelity, advancing larger, commercially viable quantum systems.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

I felt it would be degrading to faint with hunger on the causeway of a hamlet.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë