degradieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• bust verb To break something, especially by force.
• degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
• demote verb To lower the rank or status of.
• relegate verb Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Senses

degradieren is used for these senses in English:

• break (transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
• bust (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
• degrade (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
• demote (transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
• relegate (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
• relegate Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
• step down (transitive, figurative) To reduce gradually or incrementally.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

bust — full definition

1. verb To break something, especially by force.
2. verb To catch someone doing something wrong or illegal, or to arrest them.
3. noun A sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
4. noun A woman's breasts, or the measurement around them.
5. adjective Broke; without any money.

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