debauch
verb (used with object)
to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
debauching
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present participleof debauch.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Germany, haunted by the experience of hyperinflation in 1923 and after World War Two, is deeply fearful of debauching the central bank by printing money to lend to governments.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2011
His novel is a grotesque, exciting and impudent tale of student ribaldry, army debauching and mystic romance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The graver peril is that the precious-metals fever will sap more and more confidence in paper money, debauching its value.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is meant is that such things as comic supplements, at once stupid, silly, and debauching to both the intellectual and the artistic tastes, should be kept from all boys.
From Literature for Children by Orton Lowe
Until quite recently, the cigarette was believed to be in some mysterious way debauching; no one but degenerates were supposed to use them.
From The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue by Burton Egbert Stevenson
