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Adjective debased has 3 senses
- adulterate, adulterated, debased - mixed with impurities
Antonym: pure (indirect, via impure)
- debased, devalued, degraded - lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"
Antonym: high (indirect, via low)
- corrupted, debased, vitiated - ruined in character or quality
Antonym: incorrupt (indirect, via corrupt)
Verb debase has 3 senses
- corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s somebody
- debase, alloy - lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
--2 is one way to devalue
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- adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
--3 is one way to corrupt, spoil
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Something ----s something
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