to punish (an officer) by lowering him or her in rank
disrate in American English
(dɪsˈreɪt; ˈdɪsˈreɪt; ˈdɪsˌreɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: disˈrated or disˈrating
to lower in rating or rank; demote
disrate in American English
(dɪsˈreit)
transitive verbWord forms: -rated, -rating
to reduce to a lower rating or rank
Word origin
[1805–15; dis-1 + rate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Indo-European, makeup, napoleon, one-sided, phase