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humiliate

[hyoo-mil-ee-eyt, yoo-] / hyuˈmɪl iˌeɪt, yu- /


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I imagine the mantra ingrained in Tiger’s psyche on Sunday afternoon relative to his competitors is “Intimidate, Humiliate, Destroy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2018

Thankfully, there is a way to embrace the emotion of March Madness without humiliating our nation’s youngsters: Humiliate college band members instead.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2018

Humiliate, hū-mil′i-āt, v.t. to make humble: to depress: to lower in condition.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Those headlines, Humiliate the Hun, Hang the Kaiser, and Make Germany Pay, had become no more interesting than a copy of last week’s Morning Mischief in a horse-pond.

From Waiting for Daylight by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)




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