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deteriorate
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    Her popularity began to deteriorate after the event.
    deteriorate = worsen
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    The conflict has led to an alarming deterioration of human rights.
    deterioration = worsening
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    I was shocked by the deterioration in her health.
    deterioration = amount of worsening
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    The rubber deteriorated and needs to be replaced.
    deteriorated = became worse (wore out)
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    The home will not sell for much because of its deteriorated state.
    deteriorated = worsened
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    At the Petersen house, a doctor recorded statistics in the notes he kept, tracking the sad and inevitable deterioration of Lincoln's condition that night.†  (source)
    deterioration = worsening; or the amount of worsening
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    I'd run around with my cousins, unaware of the ever-present poverty or Mamaw Blanton's deteriorating health.†  (source)
    deteriorating = worsening
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    The rafts were beginning to deteriorate into jelly, and gave off a sour, burning odor.†  (source)
    deteriorate = become worse
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    The aneurysm gradually deteriorates due to the constant pressure of the blood passing through it.†  (source)
    deteriorates = becomes worse
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    The crush of immigrants has hastened the deterioration of many public services, namely schools, hospitals, and state jails and prisons.†  (source)
    deterioration = worsening; or the amount of worsening
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    Whole blocks were abandoned, buildings blackened and hollowed out by fires set by arsonists—many of whom were in the employ of landlords looking to cash out of the deteriorating ghetto.†  (source)
    deteriorating = worsening
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    As the years went on, Halliday's already-stunted social skills seemed to deteriorate even further.†  (source)
    deteriorate = become worse
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    He's right; the paper from the ports always deteriorates quickly.†  (source)
    deteriorates = becomes worse
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