debauches

verb

present tense third-person singular of debauch
as in degrades
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauches
  1. degrades
  2. corrupts
  3. deteriorates
  4. humiliates
  5. weakens
  6. poisons
  7. perverts
  8. subverts
Verb
  • According to fragrance company Goldfield & Banks, an 18-degree increase in temperature degrades perfume twice as fast.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026
  • For example, Arnold and his colleagues discovered a technique that degrades proteins that hold synapses together, deleting them from neurons en masse.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of degrades
Verb
  • Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupts
Verb
  • If the unrest continues, confidence deteriorates further or market tensions intensify, growth could be even weaker.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As her brother Aldwin’s mental health deteriorates, Lil considers risking her future to travel to him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of deteriorates
Verb
  • Filming a scene in which Isaiah humiliates Cam, Withers asked Wayans to crack jokes about Kionte’s death — the defining event of Withers’ life, and his lowest point.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Diomande just humiliates fullbacks.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Definition of humiliates
Verb
  • This molten salt weakens the coating on the silicon panel, allowing the silver wires to peel off intact as pure metal.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Don’t optimize today’s economics in a way that weakens tomorrow’s leadership pipeline.
    — Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of weakens
Verb
  • Set in 2029 in a future where no mutants have been born in 25 years, Jackman plays an older, grizzlier Wolverine, one whose healing factor is fading as his adamantium skeleton slowly poisons him.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Any infection can progress to a systemic disease that poisons the blood and body.
    — RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of poisons
Verb
  • The Plums’ layered reality allows room for pleasures native to the teen-drama genre—friendship, gossip, fantasy, romance—even as the show explores how Gilead systematically restricts and perverts the joys of girlhood.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of perverts
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  • If Blyth makes good use of his own amiability, Whitford subverts his.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This places the audience alongside the Konyaks, and subverts the traditional, colonial cinematic gaze in the vein of Filipino maestro Lav Diaz.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of subverts
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