DEBASE


Meaning of DEBASE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

currency

By adding base metals, the leaders debased the currency , hurting its value, and fueling inflation.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a debased currency

Our society has been debased by war and corruption.

Women were forced to debase themselves by selling their bodies.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Agit-poppers convinced themselves that rock was archaic and debased, no longer capable of functioning as a medium for radical comment.

By adding base metals, the leaders debased the currency, hurting its value, and fueling inflation.

Even the love of Troilus and Cressida is debased by the Trojan atmosphere, and misplaced values.

This whole extravaganza is demeaning, debasing and deeply damaging to what should be serious political discourse, the protesters complain.

To deny the truth on grounds of faith alone debases both science and religion.

To do so would be to debase them by turning them into commodities.

Who is watching me in my current debased condition?

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