depraves

verb

present tense third-person singular of deprave
as in corrupts
to lower in character, dignity, or quality the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole

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  1. corrupts
  2. degrades
  3. weakens
  4. deteriorates
  5. poisons
  6. humiliates
  7. perverts
  8. subverts
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
  • For shipyards farther north, winter disrupts entire waterways, crimps electricity supplies and degrades workforce resiliency.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This unwanted chemical warfare degrades the materials from the inside out, severely hurting performance and shortening the battery’s lifespan.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Definition of degrades
Verb
  • That weakens the case for mediation as protection without producing a replacement, which is why Qatar will keep it rather than trade it.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • As the rest of the world buys its assets, the reserve currency is structurally overvalued and weakens competitiveness.
    — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Definition of weakens
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  • In Gosha’s case, that involves getting mixed up with gangsters at a seedy nightclub, a sequence that quickly deteriorates from being mildly comical to sinister to outright terrifying by even degrees.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • Teams remain busy while the quality of decisions quietly deteriorates.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of deteriorates
Verb
  • Despite her initial disinterest, Kara develops a personal stake when Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts), the one who killed Ruthye's parents and brother, poisons her dog Krypto.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • In the film, Cady also poisons the family dog, Benjamin.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Definition of poisons
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  • Diomande just humiliates fullbacks.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • Incompetent leadership humiliates us on the global stage.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Definition of humiliates
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  • 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
Verb
  • Seen through the lens of the Civil War and its aftermath, the piece subverts every expectation.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Although the Western genre is an ever-present influence, Grisebach subverts some of its tropes.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 May 2026
Definition of subverts
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