Sentence examples for is degrade from inspiring English sources
verb
To lower in value or social position.
- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
"What we are actually going to do is degrade al-Qaida and prevent them being a threat and build up Afghan national security forces so they can deal with it effectively and so they will need less help.
"All we need to do is degrade the Taliban enough for the Afghan Army to be able to deal with them," one of Mr. Obama's top national security aides said recently.
Speaking in Tallinn, Estonia, on Wednesday morning, Obama said, "Our objective is clear, and that is: degrade and destroy ISIL so that it's no longer a threat, not just to Iraq but also to the region and to the United States".
what those metal sticker (and this griffin case) actually do is degrade performance.
"He's going to deter and degrade - and the important word is degrade - significant military capability of Assad's regime," said Gen Keane.
The test of "ACs Run (stop RTM at 6)" in Fig. 2 proves the worth of degrading or stopping the noncritical ACs to support system performance when necessary, that is, degrade or stop the ACs that contribute little to system performance improvement, and meanwhile have little impact on the correct execution of the system if being degraded or stopped.
"Tiering is degrading," he said.
It is degrading to be face washed.
P12 Brian Viner: Channel 4's Naked Attraction is degrading voyeurism.
Its permafrost is degrading, and the world needs to care.
