Ma’anar ƙamus na kalmar “ƙasƙantar da ɗabi’a” ita ce ta sa mutum ya rasa kwarin gwiwa, ko bege, ko kuma halin ɗabi’a, musamman ta hanyar yin abin da zai saɓa wa zuciya rai. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga wani aiki ko yanayi da ke lalata mutunci, horo, ko ruhin ƙungiya, ƙungiya, ko al'umma, yana mai da su ƙasa da tasiri ko nasara.
1. The defendant went on demoralizing his workers and I was handed a new pile of papers.
2. Yeah, tell it to all those homies in ball caps who sweated their asses off during the week at some soul-crushing blue-collar gig and were in here now to have a beer, a laugh or two and forget about that demoralizing job they were going to have to return to come Monday morning.