downgrade

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: down=grade

OXFORD DICTIONARY

downgrade, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 make lower in rank or status.
2 speak disparagingly of.
--n. US a downward grade.

Idiom

on the downgrade US in decline.

THESAURUS

downgrade

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