reduce to the ranks
1reduce to the ranks — To demote, for misconduct, to the condition of a private soldier • • • Main Entry: ↑reduce …
2reduce to the ranks — ► reduce to the ranks demote (a non commissioned officer) to an ordinary soldier. Main Entry: ↑reduce …
3reduce to the ranks — index demote, humiliate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4reduce to the ranks — lower in rank, lower status …
5reduce someone to the ranks — demote a non commissioned officer to an ordinary soldier. → reduce …
6reduce — ► VERB 1) make or become smaller or less in amount, degree, or size. 2) (reduce to) change (something) to (a simpler or more basic form). 3) (reduce to) bring to (an undesirable state or action). 4) boil (a sauce or other liquid) so that it… …
7reduce — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller or less. 2 tr. (foll. by to) bring by force or necessity (to some undesirable state or action) (reduced them to tears; were reduced to begging). 3 tr. convert to another (esp. simpler) form (reduced it to a …
8reduce someone to the ranks — demote a noncommissioned officer to an ordinary soldier …
9Reduce — Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to any… …
10The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …
