The Collaborative International Dictionary
Debauch \De*bauch"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. d['e]baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d['e]- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b[=a]lkr. See Balk, n.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
Learning not debauched by ambition.
--Burke.
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched
and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
--South.
Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.
--Cowley.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of debauch English)
Usage examples of "debauching".
The first place they visited was Murphy's grog shop, and from there they branched out through Lahaina, fighting, debauching, and at last murdering.
From the underworld up to the smart set, the trail of graft was the same, debauching and blunting all that it touched.
That man has made a name for debauching young girls — though despite what Captain Treviranus said I did not think his gaze would light on one so young as she.
If this is an example of your debauching technique, I swear I don’t see how you get laid so often.
Not a cheap lecherous jackanapes who would take my money—and my regard—and amuse yourself behind my back, debauching my daughter.
This theory has it that the prince, never known as the brightest light or most upstanding exemplar of the Hanover line, suffered from effects of syphilis on the brain as a result of his debauching and that he used to slum in Whitechapel and pick up lowly women.
She had become for him an occasion of sin, monstrous sin, for in debauching not just his ears but also his very soul, she had turned his own playing into a shadow of itself.