demote
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- v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
She was demoted because she always speaks up
- Big changes are in the works that will demote computers and their operating systems to the status of TV sets.
- This past summer's vote to demote by the International Astronomical Union was merely a formality.
- Whistle-blower Bunnatine (Bunny) Greenhouse, the most senior civilian contracting official in the Army Corps of Engineers, is battling the Army's attempt to demote her after she .