Devolve
Devolve verb - To become worse or of less value.
Find and devolve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Find" instead a verb "Devolve".
Nearby Words: devolution, devolving
Find
Find verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Even then, they need to find suitable specimens for implantation, as even a healthy adolescent male can still reject the organs and devolve into a feral beast.
- Slightly subverted later, when Zelenka and Lorne find another planet being monitored by the "game" and try to help the natives... only to, once again, devolve into rivalry (again, one is a scientist, the other is a soldier) and nearly start another war.
Source: And You Thought It Was a Game -
In Smallville, it often appears to be the Kryptonians' racial hat, having an inflated sense of ego which causes most of the Kryptonian survivors who find themselves on Earth to quickly devolve into a Smug Super.
Source: Pride
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