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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 |