DEMONETIZE Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

demonetize

verb

Definition of demonetize

as in to debase

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Recent Examples of demonetize The risk associated with dependency on a single system that can either demonetize you, or cut your pay drastically at a moments notice, is risky business. — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 YouTube will still allow videos with falsehoods about climate change on its platform — but will demonetize any videos or channels that promote hoaxes or conspiracy theories about the topic. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Oct. 2021 Six weeks later, De La Haye was presented with an ultimatum, demonetize his YouTube channel or give up his football scholarship. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2021 YouTube also used this agreement to demonetize Dawson and Onision. — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 26 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for demonetize

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At the same time, the Daily Beast reported on the Fielder fandom, with devotees praising his voice, competence and willingness to debase himself for the camera.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
In my opinion, the president and his incompetent, corrupt acolytes have debased the office and dragged the good name of America through the mud.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of debase

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The best way to respond to love bombing Over time, love bombers shift from a position of idealizing their new partner and expressing their feelings in an over-the-top positive way to devaluating their partner in a critical and demeaning way.

— Dr. Cortney Warren, Contributor, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
The move is likely to further devaluate Iran’s currency, create a liquidity crunch and be viewed in Tehran as a significant escalation, said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, founder of Bourse & Bazaar, a think tank focused on Iran’s economy.

— John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2020

Definition of devaluate

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Integrating the interceptor into existing launch infrastructure could reduce the need for extensive equipment changes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
People can donate clean costumes and pick a new one, reducing waste and the resources and emissions required to make new ones.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduce

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After all, points can be devalued or subject to general inflation, according to CNBC Select senior reporter Jason Stauffer, so using them regularly is a good idea.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
One reason Arendt’s letters with women are less available is simply that letters among women have long been devalued in philosophy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of devalue

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The practice involves writing down your intrusive thoughts and fears, and even recording yourself talking about them, and playing that recording back to yourself.

— Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
That is where the risk shows up, when someone is let go for missing a goal nobody wrote down.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of write down

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By that point — more than a decade after my symptoms began — other diseases that mimic MS had been ruled out, but only because I was forced to inquire about them after doctors had wrongly written off MS early in my diagnostic search.

— Lindsay Karp, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
However, a generation that a government minister wrote off as lazy and expendable has exposed the cracks in the system that the chief justice defended.

— Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of write off

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Piper Sandler downgrades Deckers to underweight from neutral The firm sees too many headwinds ahead.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Queried by The News, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office declined to comment on prosecutors’ reasoning for downgrading the murder charge beyond what was said in court.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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