3
dying(noun, decline, collapse, down, deterioration)
3
fall apart(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, weaken)
3
fall off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
3
filth(noun, disease, pollution, corruption, poverty)
3
formlessness(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
3
foul(verb, adjective, hurt, harm, spoil)
3
get worse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, diminish)
3
impairment(noun, decline, collapse, down, deterioration)
3
incoherence(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
3
infirmity(noun, disorder, ruin, weakness, fault)
3
lawlessness(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
3
necrose
3
overthrow(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
3
pollute(verb, hurt, harm, spoil, dirty)
3
putridity(noun, decline, ruin, decrease, collapse)
3
reduction(decrease, weakening)
3
regression(noun, drop, decline, fall, return)
3
relapse(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
3
revert(verb, drop, reduce, fall, fail)
3
ruins(noun, disorder, confusion, mess, muddle)
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