Deterioration: alternatives and connections

The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

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The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

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Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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Same as Weir.

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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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The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation…

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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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

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The state of being impaired; injury.

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