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jumble(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
5
lessen(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce)
5
messiness(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
5
muddle(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, jumble)
5
putresce(verb, deteriorate, crumble, rot, weep)
5
putridness(noun, decline, collapse, condition, down)
5
regress(verb, decline, reduce, weaken, lapse)
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rotting(noun, drop, decline, ruin, decrease)
5
stagnate(verb, decline, weaken, idle, deteriorate)
5
suppurate(verb, irritate, aggravate, deteriorate, crumble)
5
tangle(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
5
wear(noun, verb, break, blow, decrease)
5
wilt(verb, stop, end, pass, fall)
4
blighted
4
canker(noun, destroy, irritate, aggravate, stain)
4
caries(noun, decline, ruin, decrease, collapse)
4
confusion(noun, disorder, collapse, mess, extinction)
4
consume(verb, decline, hurt, reduce, destroy)
4
crumbling(noun, drop, decline, ruin, collapse)
4
declension(noun, drop, decline, fall, evil)
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