demoralize
verb (used with object)
to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of.
had demoralized
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past perfectof demoralize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By the early 2000s, though, the Crowes’ songwriting had gotten pretty wobbly; what’s more, the Robinsons’ constant squabbling had demoralized the rest of the band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
By summer 2005, waves of cronyism, privatization, and securitzation had demoralized FEMA’s once-proud staffers, who resigned in droves.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2016
Walter Millis wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that the McCarthy investigation had demoralized the Fort Monmouth scientists to a "truly scandalous" extent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heaven's Gate had demoralized the firm and caused a management shakeup.
From Time Magazine Archive
But distrust of their leader, created by the events of the last forty-eight hours, had demoralized nearly the whole army.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
