debase
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Verb
- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
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| 1 | debase | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | debased | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | debasement | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 3
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Sound Alikes: 1
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Words that Follow: 0
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Catholics should debate issues, not debase each other, cardinal says
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