Not only was there a purpose to debilitate and demoralize the economy of Germany’s neighbors for the purpose of destroying their competitive position, but there was looting and pilfering on an unprecedented scale.
Accomplished facts must prove the senselessness of foreign military intervention, draw Allies into the scheme (division of spoils) and demoralize ‘Grün.
The Rabagas of Sardou has tended to demoralize Gambetta more than the holocaust he sacrificed, in his unwise and inopportune zeal, to the glory of France, as he would claim; in reality to its ruin.
The reaction to praise is on the whole an increased happiness and vigor, but of course it may, when undeserved, demoralize the character and lead to a foolish vanity and to inefficiency.
Here, in addition to the effects of fear, introspection and a minute attention to every pain and ache demoralize the character, for the sufferer cannot pay attention to anything else.
Brunets, Calomnies Allemandes); so there would be no need to return to the subject, had not the German Government thought fit to attempt to use these documents in order to demoralize the Belgians.
The roving, uncertain life of a soldier has a tendency to harden and demoralize most men.
This, if tolerated much longer, will demoralize even the best of men and render the regiment worthless.
John looked eagerly among them for the big form of Juma, resolving if he saw him to pick him off; the fall of their leader might demoralize or dishearten the rest.
There was little chance of the shots taking effect, but John reckoned on them to demoralize the enemy.
And I think with them having to guide their horses in the water, look out for quicksands and drive the frightened sheep over, we can demoralize 'em with these slingshots.
Meanwhile the other defenders of Spur Creek had been using their slings to advantage, first stinging the Greaser riders with vicious stones and then, more lightly, tapping the horses to demoralize them rather than to hurt them.
Nor was the evil confined to the corruption of Roman manners by Hellenic contagion; conversely the scholars began to demoralize their instructors.
Dick had hoped to get possession of the ball immediately after the kick off and by a series of whirlwind rushesdemoralize his opponents.
Demoralize your opponents by the quickness with which you jump into formations," said the Yale man.
The head of one of the leading Fifth Avenue restaurants once said to the writer, substantially: "We don't like tips: they demoralize our men.
Unfortunately the oppressions of government do worse than discourage business enterprise; they tend to demoralize society.
Such laws demoralize the community, or, to put it in another way, demoralized communities pass such laws.
To inflict unnecessary pain hardens him who inflicts it, hardens each among those who witness it, and tends to demoralize the community.
There seems to be a sort of fascination in frightful punishments, but, to say the least of it, all these things demoralize the community.
Small parties of Indians will effectually demoralize the English by keeping them under continual alarms, and attacking them in ambuscade.
Adding hunger and needless suffering to their pittance of pay was quite enough to demoralize the rank and file.
The British plan of attack embraced a heavy bombardment to demoralizetheir enemy and prevent reenforcement.
Men don't demoralize women; women demoralize each other," was one of his axioms.
The persuasions and example of your coureurs des bois have done much to demoralize the Indians; but your own conduct has done more, as your conscience must testify.
There is nothing to demoralize or to harden a culprit whose misfortune it is to undergo a term of durance within its walls.
Habitual violation of prescribed rules, which we bind ourselves to observe, must demoralize the people.
I would not have the army know--it would demoralize them.
He will demoralize it," said Cigarette, with a sagacious shake of her head.
Your Corporal will demoralizethe army of Africa, monsieur!
They all seem alive to the paramount necessity of finding fault and condemning what they term cheap literature, as calculated to demoralize the community.
It is better for the company to have you fired for insubordination than for you to demoralize the service by rawhiding men below.
They trusted, and as the sequel showed, with reason, that they would be able to demoralize their opponents after having once reduced them to inaction.
If war does actually demoralize a people, then no wise person can consistently engage in it.
The plays were to be executed in quick succession, and the coach depended on that to demoralize the cadet eleven.
It would not need much more to demoralize the team.
It is a comfort to think that we are going to get rid of him, O'Connor; he is enough to demoralize a whole brigade, to say nothing of a battalion, and the worst of it is he respects no one.
