as in to degrade
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals
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Instead, Mixtape Pluto is subterranean and nocturnal, hedonistic one minute and aching with regrets the next, debauched but wounded.
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Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
Life is debauched and consistent, until that handsome twentysomething gent wanders into Lee’s favorite watering hole.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
On the evidence of this savage industry satire, the experience was souring, dehumanizing and debauching.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Snook plays not just the eternally young but damnably debauched Dorian Gray, but every one of the 26 parts in two unbroken hours of ceaselessly kinetic, highly choreographed, tech-heavy action.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
As debauched and dirty as our film is, it’s still done so intentionally and tastefully.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
That voice — languid, searching, slightly debauched — was once the centerpiece of a complete and holistic text.
—James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
Despite its enduring popularity, the mojito is saddled with a bit of a bad reputation among cocktail cognoscenti: Overzealous bartenders often debauch it with too much sugar, too much booze, or fruit and other flavors, misdeeds that add more color than coherence.
—Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
The medical community and laypersons alike often blamed victims of the disease for their own suffering, believing that vicious, debauched, and unhygienic lifestyles begat typhus.
—Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020
Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
Life is debauched and consistent, until that handsome twentysomething gent wanders into Lee’s favorite watering hole.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
On the evidence of this savage industry satire, the experience was souring, dehumanizing and debauching.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Snook plays not just the eternally young but damnably debauched Dorian Gray, but every one of the 26 parts in two unbroken hours of ceaselessly kinetic, highly choreographed, tech-heavy action.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
As debauched and dirty as our film is, it’s still done so intentionally and tastefully.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
That voice — languid, searching, slightly debauched — was once the centerpiece of a complete and holistic text.
—James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
Despite its enduring popularity, the mojito is saddled with a bit of a bad reputation among cocktail cognoscenti: Overzealous bartenders often debauch it with too much sugar, too much booze, or fruit and other flavors, misdeeds that add more color than coherence.
—Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
The medical community and laypersons alike often blamed victims of the disease for their own suffering, believing that vicious, debauched, and unhygienic lifestyles begat typhus.
—Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020
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