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present tense third-person singular of abase
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for abases
Verb
  • Polysulfides dissolve and migrate, which degrades battery performance and shortens its lifespan.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s always a moment in which somebody humiliates the villain and now all the love in him is gone.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yuhas said rubbing could trigger keratoconus, an eye condition that weakens the cornea.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And the thymus gland, the producer of white blood cells, shrinks and weakens over time.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nothing humbles a gal quite like the horrors of an old haircut.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • DiCaprio, 50, subverts his Hollywood leading man image by wearing a ratty red robe, unkempt hair and oversized sunglasses as former revolutionary and current stoner Bob Ferguson, who is forced back into action to save himself and his daughter (Chase Infiniti) from paramilitary enforcers.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The film largely follows the trajectory of the novel, but changes some details along the way—and adds one new, final twist that subverts the overall message of King's dystopian tale.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Freddy Krueger debases the suburban American ideal through the dreams of teenagers in Nightmare on Elm Street.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Breaking them down to save for a later date isn’t enough, as bugs will still nestle their way in even as the cardboard deteriorates.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Our hygiene deteriorates.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Abases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abases. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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