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demoting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demote \De*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demoting.] [Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.
Syn: bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of demote English)
Usage examples of "demoting".
Did she further sense that contemporary circumstances were demoting or declassing the poets, reducing their size, reducing their reach?
And she was so incensed at your demoting Hugh from the management of the mill.
I'm demoting you to field operative on a special away mission—meanwhile, Jezerael will be promoted into your old post as Chief Fallen Angel of Lust and Fornication.
I'm demoting you to field operative on a special away mission—meanwhile, Jezerael will be promoted into your old post as Chief Fallen Angel of Lust and Fornication.