Deteriorate: alternatives and connections

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a buildin…

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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

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Same as Pawl.

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To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Same as Weir.

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Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base…

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To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

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To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

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