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Debase meaning
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade. | To lower in position or rank. | To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Example sentences (6)
At about 9:10 p.m. that night, police responded to 2901 Walnut Bend Lane and found Debase with multiple gunshot wounds.
But two more of these debates in 2020 will only debase our democracy.
Perhaps, Brian, we should all be demanding the creation of an independent commission that has the power to fully investigate any and every impropriety of our politicians and to bring to answer those who debase our democracy.
Dare I ask how else he will debase our country?
They set the standards, but a long time ago people at the top of the heap figured a good way to steal was to debase the coinage.
The public could also debase coins, usually by clipping or scraping off small portions of the precious metal, also known as "stemming" (reeded edges on coins were intended to make clipping evident).