Demotes - English meaning

noun

A woman's chest as measured around her breasts.

Usage examples:

A 36-inch bust

verb

Break, split, or burst.

Usage examples:

They bust the tunnel wide open

adjective

Damaged or broken.

Usage examples:

The vacuum cleaner's bust

noun

A person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business.

Usage examples:

For much of the last fifty years the country's banks have operated as cashiers for often insolvent …

verb

Dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace because of a serious misdemeanour.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty and cashiered

noun

A person responsible for receiving payments for goods

verb

Remove (someone) from their original social class.

Usage examples:

The proletariat has been declassed

verb

Remove from office suddenly and forcefully.

Usage examples:

He had been deposed by a military coup

verb

Remove (a monarch) from power.

Usage examples:

In january 1831 the poles dethroned the romanovs

verb

To remove a king or queen from their position of power

Usage examples:

The world champion was dethroned by a young swedish challenger.

verb

Take over the place, position, or role of.

Usage examples:

He believes that books may be displaced by the electronic word

verb

To force something or someone out of its usual or original place

Usage examples:

A major government offensive against rebel groups threatens to displace large numbers of people.

verb

Reduce (a sailor) to a lower rank.

Usage examples:

He had been disrated for an unsavoury escapade

verb

Reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance.

Usage examples:

Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi-skilled

noun

An instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance.

Usage examples:

Downgrades by debt-rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one

verb

To reduce someone or something to a lower rank or position; to make less important or less valued

Usage examples:

They threatened to downgrade my credit rating if i don’t pay the bill immediately.

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power

verb

Assign an inferior rank or position to.

Usage examples:

They aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role

verb

To put something or someone into a lower or less important rank or position

Usage examples:

In the past when african-american men worked as sailors aboard ships, they were often relegated to …

verb

Cause (someone) to fall from a horse or bicycle.

Usage examples:

Rawhide unseated kevin bradley at the first fence

verb

To remove someone from a powerful job, esp. a job to which a person is elected

Usage examples:

She has a good chance to unseat the governor.