DISRATED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

disrated

verb

past tense of disrate

as in reduced

to bring to a lower grade or rank several noncommissioned officers had been disrated

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But a 2021 law reduced his probationary term, and it was formally ended in November 2021.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
The redesign reduced both size and weight while increasing transmit power, giving military units greater flexibility during deployments.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

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The station demoted one anchor and began discouraging its reporters from pursuing political stories that could draw attention to the station in favor of human interest stories, The Associated Press reported at the time.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
But in the process, the department demoted theology, a field that some had targeted for enjoying professional status when nursing did not.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 July 2026

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