Thesaurus: deteriorate

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1. v. t. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
2. v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
3. v. become worse or disintegrate
4. v. grow progressively worse
5. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. Goldsmith.
6. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair;as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately.The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey.
7. v:100 v. become worse or disintegrate