“It does nothing but degrade and insult the competence and professionalism of an organization.”

“I cannot degrade you worse than you degrade yourself by idleness.”

“Light passing through one part of an aperture interferes with that passing through other regions, resulting in an interference pattern on the retina that tends to degrade the quality of the image.”

“Over time the insulation on these very flexible wires degrades, allowing a small current to flow through the salty bilge water.”

“Absolutely stunning CGI slowly degrades into a very unconvincing PS2 version of the Rock as the Scorpion King.”

“Further cards, beyond seven, can be added to a canasta, but if you add wild cards to a pure canasta, this degrades it to a mixed canasta.”