Decline and Stalemate

Decline

Decline noun - A gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body.

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Stalemate and decline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stalemate" instead a noun "Decline".

Stalemate noun - A point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in.

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Decline and stalemate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a noun "Stalemate".

Nearby Words: stalemated, stalemating

long	long decline	long stalemate
relative	relative decline	relative stalemate
constant	constant decline	constant stalemate
massive	massive decline	massive stalemate
Other adjectives: permanent, immediate, political, final, eventual, long-term.

The end result was 35 years of total warfare and war crimes that utterly devastated the scientific and technological base of humanity, leading to Lost Technology and a sharp decline in quality of life across known space, and ended up accomplishing nothing in the end beyond a total stalemate.

Source: Despotism Justifies the Means

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