prostituted

verb

Definition of prostitutednext
past tense of prostitute
1
as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money

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2
as in abused
to put to a bad or improper use urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials

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  1. degraded
  2. abused
  3. weakened
  4. poisoned
  5. deteriorated
  6. destroyed
  7. diluted
  8. disgraced
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  • The permissiveness of college administrators in their tolerance for intolerance against free speech on campus has degraded free-speech protections dramatically.
    Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1912 and the 1960s, not only blocked salmon from reaching spawning areas but also degraded the river’s water quality, contributing to toxic algae blooms and disease outbreaks that at times killed masses of fish.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of degraded
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  • Bozanich, who did not believe that José Menendez abused the brothers, said that even if their account is accepted as true, they were still convicted of gunning down their parents in cold blood.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The dismissals by the social media giant targeted those who had consistently abused the system over an extended period.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of abused
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  • Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The yen weakened in its largest single-day decline since June 2022.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of weakened
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  • Mossad agents using fake Canadian passports poisoned Mashaal outside of Hamas' office in the capital Amman by holding a device to his ear.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of poisoned
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  • As Putin kept stacking charges, the conditions of his imprisonment deteriorated.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the earthen and stone structures have deteriorated with time, but their scale is not lost.
    Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of deteriorated
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  • More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where several feet of fast-moving water destroyed entire communities.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.
    Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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  • Their small stake will get diluted to almost nothing, even if the company becomes successful.
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Choi family’s stake was divided among his five sons and got diluted.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of diluted
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  • Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
    Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For this band of once-precocious kids now slipping into middle-age, disgraced ’80s art queen Mary Boone evokes the tarnished dreams of Manhattan transplants and a bag dropped onto the train track must be let go no matter what.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of disgraced
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