But he could drive him from the field and perhaps demoralise him, or so weaken him with loss as to leave him crippled.
"Waterloo"
Hilaire Belloc
Whilst speaking of entering upon the enemy's soil, he said to me that although it might be fair, in just retaliation, to apply the torch, yet that doing so would demoralise the army and ruin its now excellent discipline.
"Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863"
Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
He must maintain the dignity of his office, in order not to demoralise the world.
"Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant"
Edward Moore