Definition of "deteriorate" []

• To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value: Time and neglect had deteriorated the property. (verb-transitive)
• To grow worse; degenerate: The weather deteriorated overnight. His health had deteriorated while he was in prison. (verb-intransitive)
• To weaken or disintegrate; decay: The nation's highways are deteriorating at a rapid pace. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The dirt heats up earlier in deteriorate as good as stays warmer for longer during a finish of a season, to illustrate extending a altogether flourishing window."
• "One area in which economic change has caused values to deteriorate is business, Clive Crook argues."