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verb

1. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;
often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- adulterate liquor
• Syn:
load, adulterate, stretch, dilute
• Derivationally related forms:
debasement, dilution (for: dilute), adulterant (for: adulterate), adulterator (for: adulterate)
• Hypernyms:
corrupt, spoil
• Hyponyms:
water down, sophisticate, doctor, doctor up
• Verb Group:
extend, stretch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
• Syn:
alloy
• Derivationally related forms:
alloy (for: alloy), debaser
• Topics:
metallurgy
• Hypernyms:
devalue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
• Syn:
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise,
debauch, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
• Derivationally related forms:
depravation (for: deprave), depravity (for: deprave), profanation (for: profane), debasement, debauchee (for: debauch), debaucher (for: debauch), debauchery (for: debauch), debauch (for: debauch), demoralisation (for: demoralise), demoralization (for: demoralize), subversion (for: subvert), perversive (for: pervert), pervert (for: pervert), corruptible (for: corrupt), corruptive (for: corrupt), corruption (for: corrupt)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise, infect,
lead off, lead astray, poison, bastardize, bastardise, suborn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody