7
get worse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, slip)
7
moulder
7
slump(verb, drop, change, cut, decline)
7
vitiate(verb, cut, decline, hurt, reduce)
7
waste(verb, break, drop, cut, strong)
6
die(verb, stop, break, decline, fall)
6
age(verb, age, wear, older)
6
aggravate(verb, decline, degenerate, degrade, worsen)
6
atrophy(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate)
6
collapse(verb, change, beat, decline, reduce)
6
devolve
6
fall off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
6
go bad(verb, expression, idiom, stop, end)
6
injure(verb, decline, hurt, reduce, destroy)
6
peter out(verb, expression, stop, drop, end)
6
relapse(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
6
retrograde(verb, stop, drop, end, decline)
6
waste away(verb, expression, break, decline, fall)
6
wilt(verb, stop, break, end, decline)
5
abrade(verb, decline, diminish, use, weary)
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