debase

1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (synset 202585532)
   "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   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
2. Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content (synset 200494453)
   referred to in: metallurgy - the science and technology of metals
   is a type of: devalue - lower the value or quality of
   same as: alloy
3. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;
   Often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones (synset 200488684)
   "adulterate liquor"
   is a type of: corrupt, spoil - alter from the original
   subtypes:

   • water down - thin by adding water to
   • doctor, doctor up, sophisticate - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
   same as: adulterate, dilute, load, stretch
   verb group: extend, stretch - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

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