Answer:

demote

Answer	Crossword Clue
DEMOTE	Kick downstairs
DEMOTE	Grade down
DEMOTE	Send down the ladder

DEMOTE	Bust, in a way
DEMOTE	Kick downstairs?
DEMOTE	Reduce in rank
DEMOTE	Take stripes from
DEMOTE	Lower in rank
DEMOTE	Reduce in grade
DEMOTE	Bump at the office, maybe
DEMOTE	Tear a stripe off

DEMOTE	Lower, as rank
DEMOTE	Take down a peg
DEMOTE	Take down a notch
DEMOTE	Take down a peg
DEMOTE	Take away responsiblity
DEMOTE	Punish for a military rules violation, perhaps
DEMOTE	Break
DEMOTE	Downgrade

DEMOTE	Remove a stripe, perhaps
DEMOTE	Bust
DEMOTE	Reduce in rank.
DEMOTE	Move down.
DEMOTE	Lower in rank.
DEMOTE	Move down a peg.
DEMOTE	Lower.
DEMOTE	Lower

DEMOTE	Reduce
DEMOTE	Set back a grade
DEMOTE	Take an officer down a peg
DEMOTE	Lower in grade
DEMOTE	Knock down a notch
DEMOTE	Knock down a peg
DEMOTE	Remove responsibility from
DEMOTE	Take a stripe from

DEMOTE	Knock down
DEMOTE	Bump down
DEMOTE	Drop down
DEMOTE	Bump down but keep on
DEMOTE	Knock down in rank