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• v  reduce the level of land, as by erosion
• v  reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
• v  lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
• s  unrestrained by convention or morality
  deplorably dissipated and degraded
• s  lowered in value

• The word "nigger" was virulent in those days, invective that degraded a whole race's status.
• His immediate response was to flee the country that so degraded people of color, but then his inner resilience overpowered him with a sense of mission, and he stayed to redeem the .
• This destructive biofuel dynamic is on vivid display in Brazil, where a Rhode Island--size chunk of the Amazon was deforested in the second half of 2007 and even more was degraded .

• degrade
• take down
• disgrace
• demean
• put down
• cheapen
• debauched
• degenerate
• dissipated
• dissolute
• libertine
• profligate
• riotous
• fast
• debased
• devalued

• aggrade

News & Articles

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• Mala Ramp faces 2-month closure
  WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) State and Maui county officials say West Maui's only boat launch ramp will have to be closed two months for repairs. The Maui News reports the concrete ramp and two loading docks have degraded and replacement will cost $892,000.
  June 8, 2013 - KPUA AM 670 Hilo
• West Maui boat ramp faces 2-month closure
  WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - State and Maui county officials say West Maui's only boat launch ramp will have to be closed two months for repairs. The Maui News ( http://bit.ly/15HlnHP ) reports the concrete ramp and two loading docks have degraded and replacement will cost $892,000.
  June 7, 2013 - KFVE Honolulu
• Mala ramp must be closed for two months, replaced
  The Mala ramp, West Maui's only boat launch ramp facility, has become so degraded that the concrete ramp and two loading docks need to be replaced, an $892,000 project that will require a 60-day closure.
  June 6, 2013 - The Maui News