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demoralize

[dih-mawr-uh-lahyz, -mor-] / dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr- /




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The plan was to demoralize war-weary, homesick troops scattered around the Pacific theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

As a culture, we probably do create unreasonable, sentimental expectations around family that depress and demoralize vast numbers of people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

But the obvious goal is to demoralize federal workers across the board.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2025

Others, however, have said that such messaging may have no impact on behavior, or worse, that it may depress and demoralize the public into inaction.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

They were younger, coarser men who enforced every niggling regulation, whose job was to harass and demoralize us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela