Degrade
verb
To lower in rank or status.
He was degraded from his high position
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- degrade someone from something
- degrade to a lower rank
verb
To treat something or someone poorly and without respect.
This policy degrades women
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- degrade someone as something
- degrade oneself by doing
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Disapproving
verb
To reduce the quality of something.
The quality of the software degraded over time
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- degrade quality
- degrade over time
verb
To break down or decompose something chemically over a period of time.
The waste materials degrade and become less harmful
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- degrade over time
- degrade materials
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Technical
verb
To lower in rank or status.
He was degraded from his high position
Often appears as...
- degrade someone from something
- degrade to a lower rank
verb
To treat something or someone poorly and without respect.
This policy degrades women
Often appears as...
- degrade someone as something
- degrade oneself by doing
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To reduce the quality of something.
The quality of the software degraded over time
Often appears as...
- degrade quality
- degrade over time
verb
To break down or decompose something chemically over a period of time.
The waste materials degrade and become less harmful
Often appears as...
- degrade over time
- degrade materials
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Status Change
Used to describe a formal reduction of someone's rank, often as a punishment.
The officer was degraded to private for misconduct.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Reversible
Degrading is typically a one-way action and reinstating status might require a separate term.
Once degraded, he had to earn his rank back.
Pro Tip 1/2Status Change
Used to describe a formal reduction of someone's rank, often as a punishment.
The officer was degraded to private for misconduct.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Reversible
Degrading is typically a one-way action and reinstating status might require a separate term.
Once degraded, he had to earn his rank back.
Pro Tip 1/2Status Change
Used to describe a formal reduction of someone's rank, often as a punishment.
The officer was degraded to private for misconduct.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Reversible
Degrading is typically a one-way action and reinstating status might require a separate term.
Once degraded, he had to earn his rank back.
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How trees talk to each...
Now, massive disturbance at this scale is known to affect hydrological cycles, degrade wildlife habitat, and emit greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere, which creates more disturbance and more tree diebacks. Not only that, we're continuing to plant one or two species and weed out the aspens and birches.
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Resilient people,...
a very important source of degrading carbon the largest source of carbon emissions in the world water scarcity loss of biodiversity this is copying nature with minimum disturbance this is a technology that is similar to the emerging satellites based computerized precision farming it's a knife that
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Is it possible to create...
But that's far from empty. There's still plenty of matter bouncing around. Manufacturers rely on more thorough, sealed vacuums for all sorts of purposes. That includes vacuum-packed food that stays fresh longer, and the vacuums inside early light bulbs that protected filaments from degrading.
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A tale of mental illness...
I consulted an eminent law professor who was also a psychiatrist, and said surely he would agree that restraints must be degrading, painful and frightening. He looked at me in a knowing way, and said, "Elyn, you don't really These people are psychotic. They're different from me and you.
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How we take back the...
degrade the security of their services. They're building in backdoors that not only the NSA can exploit, but anyone else who has time and money to research and find it can then use to let themselves in to the world's communications. And this is really dangerous,
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The truth about unwanted...
It's gaslighting. Profound and degrading. You say you feel one way, but your body proves that you feel something else. And we only do this around sexuality, because arousal nonconcordance happens with every emotional and motivational system we have.
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The Dangers of Marine...
debris so there are many billions of particles circulating in this never-ending spiral that you know may never touch land I will just constantly be in the ocean until they're degraded to the point where they either sink to
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Before the Flood -...
worse and worse the truth is the more I've learned about this issue and everything that contributes to the problem the more I realize how much I don't know oh my god violet that is paradise that has been degraded and
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What causes cavities? -...
but unfortunately, our teeth aren't. While each human tooth is coated in a hardy, protective layer of enamel, it's no match for acid. That degrades the armor over time, leaching away its calcium minerals.
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100 solutions to reverse...
And tropical forests tell their own story. Protecting currently degraded land in the tropics and allowing natural regeneration to occur is the number five solution to reversing global warming.
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How trees talk to each...
Now, massive disturbance at this scale is known to affect hydrological cycles, degrade wildlife habitat, and emit greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere, which creates more disturbance and more tree diebacks. Not only that, we're continuing to plant one or two species and weed out the aspens and birches.
Video examples
Resilient people,...
a very important source of degrading carbon the largest source of carbon emissions in the world water scarcity loss of biodiversity this is copying nature with minimum disturbance this is a technology that is similar to the emerging satellites based computerized precision farming it's a knife that
Video examples
Is it possible to create...
But that's far from empty. There's still plenty of matter bouncing around. Manufacturers rely on more thorough, sealed vacuums for all sorts of purposes. That includes vacuum-packed food that stays fresh longer, and the vacuums inside early light bulbs that protected filaments from degrading.
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A tale of mental illness...
I consulted an eminent law professor who was also a psychiatrist, and said surely he would agree that restraints must be degrading, painful and frightening. He looked at me in a knowing way, and said, "Elyn, you don't really These people are psychotic. They're different from me and you.
Video examples
How we take back the...
degrade the security of their services. They're building in backdoors that not only the NSA can exploit, but anyone else who has time and money to research and find it can then use to let themselves in to the world's communications. And this is really dangerous,
Video examples
The truth about unwanted...
It's gaslighting. Profound and degrading. You say you feel one way, but your body proves that you feel something else. And we only do this around sexuality, because arousal nonconcordance happens with every emotional and motivational system we have.
Video examples
The Dangers of Marine...
debris so there are many billions of particles circulating in this never-ending spiral that you know may never touch land I will just constantly be in the ocean until they're degraded to the point where they either sink to
Video examples
Before the Flood -...
worse and worse the truth is the more I've learned about this issue and everything that contributes to the problem the more I realize how much I don't know oh my god violet that is paradise that has been degraded and
Video examples
What causes cavities? -...
but unfortunately, our teeth aren't. While each human tooth is coated in a hardy, protective layer of enamel, it's no match for acid. That degrades the armor over time, leaching away its calcium minerals.
Video examples
100 solutions to reverse...
And tropical forests tell their own story. Protecting currently degraded land in the tropics and allowing natural regeneration to occur is the number five solution to reversing global warming.
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Priyamani
Indian Actress
Honestly, I understand that as an actor I should be comfortable with playing different characters. I am also not degrading those actors who are part of stories that require intimate scenes, but as an actress, I wouldn't be doing any scene that requires smooching and making out.
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Aishwarya Lekshmi
Indian Actress
A feminist is a person who wants equal things for men and women, and I definitely believe in that. This doesn't mean I will degrade anyone. In our house, I want my mother and father to have equal importance and that's the only way to bring up a socially responsible child.
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Rakim
American Musician
Without no disrespect to any artist, there's a lot of degrading music out there as far as degrading the culture and degrading society as well. That's individuals that choose to make that kind of music.
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Francis Arinze
Nigerian Clergyman
Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.
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Lolly Adefope
Boots radiates a unique kind of class - not a glamour, but enough self-respect to not degrade itself with an in-store radio station.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
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Fabio Lanzoni
Italian Actor
There's not enough money in this world to make me do something degrading.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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Priyamani
Indian Actress
Honestly, I understand that as an actor I should be comfortable with playing different characters. I am also not degrading those actors who are part of stories that require intimate scenes, but as an actress, I wouldn't be doing any scene that requires smooching and making out.
Quote examples
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Indian Actress
A feminist is a person who wants equal things for men and women, and I definitely believe in that. This doesn't mean I will degrade anyone. In our house, I want my mother and father to have equal importance and that's the only way to bring up a socially responsible child.
Quote examples
Rakim
American Musician
Without no disrespect to any artist, there's a lot of degrading music out there as far as degrading the culture and degrading society as well. That's individuals that choose to make that kind of music.
Quote examples
Francis Arinze
Nigerian Clergyman
Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.
Quote examples
Lolly Adefope
Boots radiates a unique kind of class - not a glamour, but enough self-respect to not degrade itself with an in-store radio station.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
Quote examples
Fabio Lanzoni
Italian Actor
There's not enough money in this world to make me do something degrading.
Quote examples
Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Example 1 of 10
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