5
fade(verb, decline, diminish, blow, decrease)
5
marasmus(noun, disease, deterioration, contraction)
5
sink(verb, decline, diminish, blow, decrease)
5
waste(noun, verb, decline, blow, use)
4
dilapidation(noun, drop, decline, collapse, extinction)
4
dwindle(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, weaken)
4
emaciate(noun, verb, blow, consume, exhaust)
4
languish(verb, decline, dry, shrink, shrivel)
4
ruin(noun, verb, drop, end, decline)
4
weaken(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen)
3
attenuation
3
cachexia
3
cachexy
3
crumble(verb, decline, blow, weaken, lessen)
3
declension(noun, drop, end, decline, ruin)
3
declination(noun, drop, decline, decrease, better)
3
decrease(noun, verb, decline, reduce, diminish)
3
diminish(verb, decline, decrease, lessen, abate)
3
diminution(noun, away, disintegration, contraction)
3
illness
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