DEGRADES
- Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect
- Lower the character or quality of
- Reduce (someone) to a lower rank, esp. as a punishment
- Break down or deteriorate chemically
- DEGRADE, to debase (to lower in character, quality, or value) [v]
- DEGRADE, to debase (to lower or degrade) [v]
- Reduce (energy) to a less readily convertible form
- Wear down (rock) and cause it to disintegrate