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
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
His novel is a grotesque, exciting and impudent tale of student ribaldry, army debauching and mystic romance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not only was the separation between the rich and poor constantly growing greater, but the effect of the luxury and license of the wealthy was debauching the public conscience, and faith was everywhere falling away.
From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Arthur Gilman
Offenses against taste and morals, which are bad enough in a private citizen, are infinitely worse if made into instruments for debauching the community through a newspaper.
From African and European Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt
