Devolve
Devolve verb - To become worse or of less value.
Separate and devolve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Separate" instead a verb "Devolve".
Nearby Words: devolution, devolving
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| humanity | devolve humanity | separate humanity |
| human | devolve human | separate human |
| bomb | devolve bomb | separate bomb |
| characters | devolve characters | separate characters |
| Other words: pokemon. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- I have seen Christianity in America devolve so far that today I cannot separate in my mind the image of Christ with the image of Pat Robertson or Fred Phelps, so deeply have these things permeated the American consciousness.
Source: Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped - The Divide (1990) - Genetically designed to be a prototype for the next stage of human evolution, John Shaw faces the flaws in his artificial personality as he begins to devolve into two separate individuals, each facing enemies that threaten the people vital to his/their continued sanity.
Source: Creator / Robert Charles Wilson
Cite this Source
Separate and Devolve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devolve/separate
Devolve & Separate. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/devolve/separate>.
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