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debase
verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
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dɪˈbeɪs
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verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
“adulterate liquor”
verb
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
verb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
“debauch the young people with wine and women”
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adulterate liquor
debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
corrupt the morals
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