• v.
    ⦿grow progressively worse
    lexical concept
  • Conditions in the slums degenerated
  • Her condition deteriorated
  • The discussion devolved into a shouting match

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:degenerate
  2. enl:deteriorate
  3. enl:devolve
  4. enl:drop
wn:interlingual indexili:i22233

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • degeneratedeterioratedevolve
  • degeneratedeterioratedevolvedrop