debauch
verb (used with object)
to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
debauches
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present tense formof debauch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Good ideas are kept out of circulation because they are concealed by highbrow language, whereas lowbrow journalism debauches American speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the devil thrives in proportion, is always ready to enrich the rich man with ruin, the wise man with folly, the beautiful woman with degradation, the kind, average man with debauches of savagery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inflation, of course, debauches a currency by reducing its purchasing power.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other practically sure signs of neurosis: fear of not being able to draw a deep breath, burning in the abdomen, repeated belching, stomachaches after "emotional debauches," "distresses that come before breakfast."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the "Censure" that debauches the comic pencil; it is freedom that makes it the ally of good conduct and sound politics.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
