Degrade

To reduce from a higher to a lower rank; to deprive of rank or office. -A French term signifying to dismi … fe wcsSra with ignominy, after stripping of all … gti ttes toA. tf. … De Haviland Afiroplame — A scout biplane of the British type being a pusher with a fixed gun in front. The outriggers meet one another at the vertical rudder instead of at the tail plane. A balanced type rudder is used. Dehor. — In the military art, all sorts of outworks in general, placed at some distance from the walls of a fortification. [Fr.J Dejeetile. tion. — A projectile or mi ile impelled in a downward direcDelayed Action Fuse. — A fuse which delays the explosion of the charge until the projectile has penetrated the structure which it strikes. Delaying; Actions. — Actions in which the advance of the enemy is delayed as long as po ible without imperiling the safe withdrawal of the delaying force; and, in which this force must hold its position for a time that is dependent upon conditions in other parts of the field or in the theater of war.