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demoralize

 verb
     
de‧mor‧al‧ize also demoralise British English [transitive]
to reduce or destroy someone's courage or confidence:
The illness demoralized him and recovery took several weeks.
—demoralized adjective:
The refugees were cold, hungry, and demoralized.
—demoralizing adjective:
the demoralizing effects of unemployment
—demoralization noun [uncountable]
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