| heat up(verb, expression, disturb, annoy, provoke) |
| inflame(verb, decline, annoy, provoke, warm) |
| make acute(expression, idiom) |
| revert(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall) |
| taint(verb, break, collapse, split, undo) |
| wear |
| wilt(verb, fail, weaken, degenerate, deteriorate) |
| wither(verb, break, decline, sink, degenerate) |
| arouse(verb, disturb, provoke, warm, agitate) |
| atrophy(verb, deteriorate, better, become) |
| backslide(verb, drop, reduce, fall, fail) |
| break(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, fail) |
| break up(expression, break, decline, collapse, split) |
| cheapen(verb, drop, reduce, destroy, fall) |
| corrupt(verb, adjective, decline, reduce, destroy) |
| crumble(verb, break, decline, fail, lower) |
| decompose(verb, break, decline, fail, lower) |
| devolve(verb, deteriorate) |
| die(verb, break, drop, give, decline) |
| diminish(verb, drop, reduce, destroy, fall) |