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noun

as in firing

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verb

present participle of disrate
as in reducing
to bring to a lower grade or rank several noncommissioned officers had been disrated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrating
  1. firing
  2. reducing
  3. downgrade
  4. demoting
  5. dismissal
  6. reduction
  7. demotion
Noun
  • At the heart of the GOP frustration with Hegseth is his handling of military firings and promotions.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Following the coach’s firing in July 2023, more than 260 Northwestern faculty members signed a petition calling for the stadium plans to be halted until at least athletic department’s problems could be sorted out.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of firing
Verb
  • The answer may be different if the goal is reducing overall homelessness, helping people into the job market, spending as little taxpayer money as possible, improving health outcomes — or just keeping people alive.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Like morphine and fentanyl, cychlorphine locks onto the brain’s mu-opioid receptors, reducing pain and increasing euphoria.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of reducing
Noun
  • The Patterson hire is just five games in and somehow looks like a downgrade, despite top recruits like Luke Wafle and Jakheem Stewart playing on the defensive line.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • And so the rallies in these stocks were met with a mixture of upgrades and price hikes as well as downgrades and valuation concerns.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of downgrade
Verb
  • If the roster had remained unchanged before Judge’s return, the Yankees would have faced the possibility of demoting Jones or cutting a veteran such as Amed Rosario to make space.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But some astronomers were in favor of demoting Pluto well before 2006, including astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of demoting
Noun
  • Trump’s Justice Department has been reviewing the pending cases one by one before seeking dismissal.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The widespread dismissal of standardized testing is one of the silliest and most harmful developments in the past twenty-five years of education discourse.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissal
Noun
  • Twin Cities Marathon reported similar information, though without detailed analysis of risk reduction methods.
    — Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Staff reductions are expected to be brutal, and with so many duplicative roles across HBO Max and Paramount+, many talented executives will lose their jobs.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of reduction
Noun
  • McCoy’s lawsuit alleges that her demotion was in violation of Missouri’s whistleblower statute, which allows public employees to sue for unlawful retaliation after reporting violations of law.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The outcome of the investigation, Balon said, resulted in the officer receiving a demotion in rank, an unpaid suspension, an indefinite suspension from the use of Flock and remedial ethics training.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of demotion
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“Disrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrating. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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