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- Thesaurus|969
- Abbreviations|0
34 entries under demote topic. ×
| break(verb, reduce, cause, ruin, dismiss) | |
| downgrade(verb, break, reduce, ruin, dismiss) | |
| degrade(verb, reduce, ruin, dismiss, lower) | |
| bust(verb, break, reduce, ruin, dismiss) | |
| reduce(verb, break, ruin, dismiss, lower) | |
| abase(verb, reduce, lower, humble, degrade) | |
| bench(verb, break, reduce, dismiss, lower) | |
| bump(verb, break, reduce, dismiss, lower) | |
| declass(verb, break, reduce, ruin, dismiss) | |
| depreciate(verb, reduce, lower) | |
| detract from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, reduce) | |
| devalue(verb, reduce, lower, downgrade) | |
| disconfirm(verb, break, reduce, ruin, weaken) | |
| disparage(verb, reduce, lower, degrade) | |
| disrate(verb, break, reduce, dismiss, lower) | |
| humiliate(verb, reduce, ruin, lower, weaken) | |
| relegate(verb, reduce, dismiss, lower) | |
| set back(verb, expression, break, reduce, dismiss) | |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, break, reduce) | |
| bring down(verb, expression, downgrade) |
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