- 1debase somebody/something to make someone or something less valuable or respected synonym devalue Professional sports are being debased by commercial sponsorship.
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- 2debase something to lower the value of a country's coins by reducing the quantity of valuable metal in them
debase
verbNAmE//dɪˈbeɪs//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they debase he / she / it debases
past simple debased
-ing form debasing
noun [uncountable]See debase in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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