23
decline(verb, break, drop, reduce, fail)
20
deteriorate(verb, drop, decline, reduce, destroy)
18
degenerate(verb, adjective, break, drop, decline)
18
exacerbate(verb, upset, light, disturb, diminish)
17
aggravate(verb, upset, decline, cause, disturb)
13
sink(verb, break, drop, decline, reduce)
10
get worse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, diminish)
10
retrogress(verb, decline, reduce, fail, diminish)
9
impair(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, fail)
9
weaken(verb, break, drop, decline, reduce)
8
fail(verb, break, drop, decline, fall)
8
heighten(verb, decline, annoy, provoke, aggravate)
8
disintegrate(verb, break, drop, decline, reduce)
8
exasperate(verb, upset, light, disturb, annoy)
8
go downhill(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
7
decay(verb, break, drop, decline, reduce)
7
increase(verb, light, disturb, annoy, provoke)
7
intensify(verb, decline, disturb, annoy, provoke)
7
regress(verb, decline, reduce, fall, fail)
7
relapse(verb, drop, reduce, fall, fail)
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