DEBAUCHING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

debauching

verb

present participle of debauch

as in corrupting

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 debauching The 2026 State of the Union speech stands in contrast, a speech by a mendacious demagogue who has degraded his listeners by debauching their instincts. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026

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Cartels instead target local leaders, either corrupting them or killing those who stand in their way.

— Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
But there’s a difference between drinking before entering the ring once and corrupting bullfighting for years.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrupting

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The experiments will test whether the reactor’s exhaust system can endure the punishment of such high-performance plasma without degrading.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Faulkner said he is fed up with Citation’s yearslong pattern of degrading his pastures.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of degrading

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Several works confront the digital systems shaping contemporary life, subverting algorithms and finding room for human error and agency.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
According to tax authorities, by inappropriately avoiding gains, investors are subverting the intention of the rules.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of subverting

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These mice have some of the same features of brain damage that Alzheimer’s patients do, most notably the formation of tangled proteins and debris in the brain and progressively deteriorating performance on cognitive tasks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
The filing says the Park Service has known for years about deteriorating sections of the seawall and has fenced off discrete hazardous areas without shuttering the entire park.

— Rick Maese, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of deteriorating

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This rousing tribute to the free press, delivered by the son of a journalist, was followed by the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s Ink, a film about how the journalists at British tabloid The Sun ended up debasing our entire society.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Most of us would deny that any socially useful work can be or should be debasing.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

Definition of debasing

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Her father, Steve Apa, told the New York Times that the cause was rhabdomyolysis, also known as rhabdo, a rare condition in which skeletal muscle breaks down and dies quickly, poisoning the body.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Her father told The New York Times that she’d been stricken with rhabdomyolysis, a rare condition in which muscles can break down during exertion, poisoning the body.

— Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of poisoning

Verb

The Iranians are now setting the terms of this conflict and are routinely humiliating the American president.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Definition of humiliating

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