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Meanings of debauch in English

Portuguese
corromper
Catalan
pervertir
Spanish
subvertir

Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.

      corromper
      Portuguese
      dissipação
      Catalan
      bacanal
      Spanish
      orgía

      A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.

          dissipação
          Usage of debauch in English
          1
          The chances for a debauch looked peaked and slim in the extreme.
          Remarks
          2
          Night comes and robs me of the finish of the unbridled debauch.
          The Life of the Spider
          3
          The unfortunate governor's ukase had precipitated a general debauch for all hands.
          John Barleycorn
          4
          The Maalem rose at last, somewhat unsteadily after his debauch of kief.
          Morocco
          5
          It is splendid flesh, but he has been on a long debauch.
          The Grey Cloak
          6
          At St. Bartholomew's he had an attack of vomiting after a debauch.
          Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
          7
          Could debauch, could ruin of body and soul be put more plainly?
          Lady Merton, Colonist
          8
          The debauch of the previous night had left the usual effects behind it.
          For the Term of His Natural Life
          9
          One had in mind the cleaning up after some ghastly debauch.
          My Second Year of the War
          10
          It is a necessary relaxation of the strenuous, a debauch of the soul.
          The Blazed Trail
          11
          The dangerous work of the next few months became like a long debauch.
          Lazarre
          12
          The Padishah went on quite impassible-thepicture of debauch and ennui.
          Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
          13
          He was in misery; he was paying for last night's debauch.
          The Ragged Edge
          14
          The man was still drunk, but only with the lees of the debauch.
          The Rules of the Game
          15
          But the Lost Nation folks use it as an excuse for a debauch.
          O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
          16
          War is a great debauch, perhaps now the last the race will experience.
          The Psychology of Nations / A Contribution to the Philosophy of ...
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