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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disintegration |
| Synonyms: | decay, decomposition, degeneration, deterioration, erosion, oxidation, rust, wear |
| Notes: | abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface |
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| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Antonyms: | development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay, degeneration |
| Synonyms: | abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, spoiling, vitiation, worsening |
| Antonyms: | betterment, building, construction, development, improvement |
| Main Entry: | erosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration; wearing away |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, attrition, consumption, corrosion, decrease, desedimentation, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, eating away, grinding down, spoiling, washing away, wear, wearing down |
| Notes: | abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, rebuilding, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | putrefaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putrescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putridness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | spoilage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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all the worse for, altered, altered for the worse, at a low ebb, battered, blighted, broken down, cankered, contabescent, crumbling, decadescent, decayed, deciduous, decrepid, decrepit, degenerate, deleterious, depraved, deteriorated, dilapidated, discolored, done for, effete, faded, far gone, fatigued, finewed, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, fracid, imperfect, in a bad way, injured, jizzicked, manky, marasmic, mildewed, moldering, moldy, moss, murled, nodding to its fall, on one's last legs, on the decline, on the wane, ossifragous, out of repair, out of tune, past cure, past work, reduced, reduced to a skeleton, retrograde, rotten, rusty, secondhand, seedy, shabby, shaken, spoiling, spotted, sprung, stale, tabescent, tabid, tainted, the worse for, the worse for wear, threadbare, timeworn, tottering, undermined, unimproved, used up, wasted, weather, wilted, withering, worm, worn out, worn to a shadow, worn to a thread, worn to rags, worn to the stump, worse
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