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deteriorate
verb as in decay, degenerate
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But after the Navy closed the San Diego training center in 1997, it sat empty and deteriorating, facing threats of demolition or commercial redevelopment.
But Jimmy's deteriorating health has made this increasingly difficult and now he is under pressure to vacate the site to make way for a new development.
Shah said conditions have deteriorated in part because of how quickly this administration scaled up arrests.
She added: "Sadly we never got to spend his £50,000 prize as his health deteriorated and we couldn't even go on a holiday."
Tom Smith KC, for Poundland Limited, wrote that the retailer's financial position had "significantly deteriorated during the last two years" and that it had "performed poorly in a difficult retail and economic environment".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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