Answer:

demotes

Answer	Crossword Clue
DEMOTES	Kicks downstairs?
DEMOTES	Puts in a lower position
DEMOTES	Bumps down a notch

DEMOTES	Reduces in rank
DEMOTES	Knocks down
DEMOTES	Strips of rank.
DEMOTES	Lowers in rank.
DEMOTES	Reduces in rank.
DEMOTES	Moves down a peg.
DEMOTES	Takes down a peg
DEMOTES	Makes a sergeant into a corporal

DEMOTES	Lowers, in a way
DEMOTES	Lowers in rank
DEMOTES	Busts
DEMOTES	Downgrades
DEMOTES	Lowers
DEMOTES	Bumps
DEMOTES	Strips of stripes
DEMOTES	Kicks downstairs, so to speak

DEMOTES	Puts in a bad position?
DEMOTES	Sends back down the ladder