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degenerated

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What was initially intended to be a celebration of music has degenerated into a weird marriage of fashion and commerce.

The war rapidly degenerated into horrific stalemate in the muddy, rat-infested trenches.

In other hands, this scenario might have degenerated into a caricature-filled freak show.

The scene degenerated, tear gas was used, and that set the stage for the more premeditated confrontations the following night.

Within the committee, partisan bickering has degenerated to personal distrust.

(b) Blood-casts contain red blood-corpuscles, usually much degenerated (Figs. 45 and 60).

This term means nothing in itself, but it expresses the fact that a degenerated heart finally refuses to act.

All the evidence shows how entirely they have degenerated into mere societies of capitalists.

But their kings, from the great wealth which they possessed, degenerated into a luxurious way of life.

It is narrative instead of dramatic; fable prevails over action; passion has degenerated into character-drawing.

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On this page you'll find 226 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to degenerated, such as: powdery, soft, breakable, corroded, crisp, and crunchy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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