6
go to pot(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
6
degrade(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, fail)
6
descend(verb, break, drop, decline, reduce)
6
retrograde(verb, adjective, drop, decline, fall)
6
rot(verb, break, drop, decline, reduce)
5
cut down(verb, expression, reduce, destroy, damage)
5
damage(verb, reduce, destroy, diminish, lower)
5
debase(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, fail)
5
fade(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
lower(verb, drop, decline, reduce, destroy)
5
make worse(verb, expression, idiom, provoke, aggravate)
5
slide(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
slip(verb, reduce, lessen, lapse, deteriorate)
5
spoil(verb, break, decline, fail, damage)
4
age
4
annoy(verb, upset, light, disturb, provoke)
4
augment(verb, aggravate, magnify)
4
blight(decline, harm, spoil, weaken, deteriorate)
4
compound(verb, difficult, aggravate, magnify, complicate)
4
dilapidate(verb, break, sink, degenerate, deteriorate)
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