[sīa] (v) EN: deteriorate ; spoil ; become corrupt ; decay ; be rotten ; be bad ; go bad ; be void ; addle ; go haywireFR: se détériorer ; s'abîmer ; se détraquer ; se gâter ; pourrir
(v) grow worse, Syn. degenerate, drop, deteriorate, Ant. recuperate, Example:Her condition deteriorated; Conditions in the slums degenerated; The discussion devolved into a shouting match
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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deteriorated p. pr. & vb. n. Deteriorating ] [ L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorare to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away. ] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]
The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]