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		debasede‧base /dɪˈbeɪs/ verb [transitive] formal    VERB TABLEdebase |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | debase |   | he, she, it | debases |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | debased |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have debased |   | he, she, it | has debased |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had debased |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will debase |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have debased |  
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 | Present | I | am debasing |   | he, she, it | is debasing |   | you, we, they | are debasing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was debasing |   | you, we, they | were debasing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been debasing |   | he, she, it | has been debasing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been debasing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be debasing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been debasing |  
    - a debased currency
 - Our society has been debased by war and corruption.
 - Women were forced to debase themselves by selling their bodies.
 
 - 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?
 
   ► debase a currency/coinage (=reduce its value) NOUN► currency· By adding base metals, the leaders debased the currency, hurting its value, and fueling inflation.    to make someone or something lose its value or people’s respect:   The medical profession has been debased by these revelations.debase yourself  actors who debased themselves by participating in the showdebase a currency/coinage (=reduce its value)—debasement noun [countable, uncountable]:   currency debasement  |