debase
Verb
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subtypes:
- carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize - debase through carnal gratification
- infect - corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- lead astray, lead off - teach immoral behavior to
- poison - spoil as if by poison
- bastardise, bastardize - change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
- suborn - incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
same as: corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate -
referred to in: metallurgy - the science and technology of metalsis a type of: devalue - lower the value or quality ofsame as: alloy
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subtypes:
- water down - thin by adding water to
- doctor, doctor up, sophisticate - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
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