Degenerate and Lessen

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Degenerate

Degenerate verb - To become worse or of less value.

Usage example: over the years the community-minded organization degenerated into a club for loafers

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Lessen and degenerate are semantically related in decay topic. In some cases you can use "Lessen" instead a verb "Degenerate", when it comes to topics like worsen.

Nearby Words: degeneracy, degeneration, degenerated, degenerating, degenerative

Lessen

Lessen verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

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Degenerate and lessen are semantically related in worsen topic. Sometimes you can use "Degenerate" instead a verb "Lessen".

Nearby Words: lessening, less

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chance	degenerate chance	lessen chance
time	degenerate time	lessen time

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