3
flop(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
3
go down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
3
go to seed(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fail)
3
go to the dogs(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
3
grow worse(expression, idiom)
3
hit rock bottom(expression, idiom, decline, weaken, lessen)
3
make worse(verb, expression, idiom, worsen, intensify)
3
miss(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
3
molder(verb, stop, end, beat, decline)
3
pollute(verb, cut, decline, hurt, ruin)
3
reduce(verb, drop, cut, decline, destroy)
3
return(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
3
rust(verb, hurt, reduce, destroy, smart)
3
shrink(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce)
3
taint(verb, cut, hurt, ruin, thin)
3
wear away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
2
abate(verb, stop, drop, cut, decline)
2
abort(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
addle(verb, decay, taint, rot, decompose)
2
alloy(verb, cut, decline, thin, corrupt)
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