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degrade::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | cheapen |
| Type of | worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate |
| Has types | devaluate, devalue |
| Derivation | degradation |
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Examples of degrade
degrade
Under the right conditions, bacteria can degrade spilled oil remarkably quickly.
From the washingtonpost.com
The microbes degrade and destroy the contaminants as they pass over the biofilm.
From the sciencedaily.com
Why do termites have 300 microbes and 500 different genes to degrade cellulose?
From the theatlantic.com
Below, the stalks and other nonnative vegetation degrade and turn in to sediment.
From the dailyherald.com
All these elements coupled together with greatly degrade the security around BAF.
From the theatlantic.com
It worked immediately, and didn't affect or degrade my existing Internet service.
From the dailyherald.com
The power to stop commerce and degrade ambition would be more than enough for me.
From the economist.com
The debris will break up, disperse and eventually degrade, sparing coastal areas.
From the sciencedaily.com
The radiation can degrade the tributyl phosphate into dibutyl hydrogen phosphate.
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- Reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- Take down: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
- Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
- (degraded) debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
- (degraded) debased: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"
- (degradation) changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- (Degradation (geology)) In geology, degradation refers to the lowering of a fluvial surface, such as a stream bed or floodplain, through erosional processes. It is the opposite of aggradation. ...
- (Degradation (telecommunications)) In telecommunication, degradation, which may be categorized as either "graceful" or "catastrophic", has the following meanings: #The deterioration in quality, level, or standard of performance of a functional unit. ...
- To lower in value or social position; To reduce in quality or purity
