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- verb British Alternative spelling of
demoralize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
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Examples
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Last November it was reported that the Taliban were planning to make much more extensive use of mines, to "demoralise" Nato forces in Afghanistan.
Avoidable and Culpable Deaths Peter Troy 2007
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It was on his and Bushes watch that 9-11 happened and he did about as much as anyone to discredit and demoralise the CIA during the lead up to Iraq, so where he has the nerve to come out and criticise Obama is beyond me.
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Dumb though half the kids may be, they're just plodding meat fodder for a shockingly arrogant TV experiment, which exists for no apparent reason other than to demoralise any genuine teachers watching, potentially to the point of suicide, which really would cause a crisis in our educational system.
Charlie Brooker: Jamie's Dream School – a youth club with David Starkey instead of a pool table 2011
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They occupy the land and the women, they demoralise and colonise.
Rape, murder and general violence in ‘peaceful’ military occupations « Womanvsfeminist’s Blog 2009
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Rather than motivate the new workforce, ministers did everything to demoralise and demotivate them.
'Civil service reform is badly needed – but this is like slow poisoning' 2011
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Had the planes left their base before notification of surrender came through or was the attack simply to completely demoralise us thereby make us easy to handle?
Thomas Hawksworth 2010
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It's chicken feed compared to other fields, but so as to look "fair" cuts are made that will devastate and demoralise for a generation.
Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview 2010
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It's chicken feed compared to other fields, but so as to look "fair" cuts are made that will devastate and demoralise for a generation.
Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview 2010
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Mules are used frequently in these parts to transport trekkers gear and food supplies and served to fully demoralise us throughout our trek by capably lugging 100kg of gear on tortuous paths that left us wheezing for breath.
Ben Colclough: The Atlas Mountains -- Berbers, Mules and Peaks in Morocco Ben Colclough 2010
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Despite Blair's optimistic nature, cumulatively the attacks must demoralise him, and his police security detail remains high.
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