3
shambles(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
3
shatter(verb, break, sink, degenerate, descend)
3
slide(noun, verb, drop, decline, fall)
3
slip(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
3
sour(verb, dull, spoil, decompose, ferment)
3
tooth decay(expression, idiom)
3
undermine(verb, decline, ruin, fail, blow)
3
untidiness(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
3
vice(noun, evil, harm, immorality, sin)
3
wear and tear(expression, idiom, deterioration)
3
wreck(noun, verb, decline, ruin, defeat)
2
abate(verb, stop, drop, end, cut)
2
abrade(verb, decline, diminish, use, weary)
2
abridge(decrease, nonincrease)
2
addle(verb, taint, rot, decompose, putrefy)
2
annihilation
2
atomize(break, sink, degenerate, descend, fragment)
2
backslide(verb, drop, reduce, fall, fail)
2
bankruptcy(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
2
bite(verb, hurt, destroy, smart, drain)
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