deteriorate
verb/dɪˈtɪriəreɪt/
Frequency rank: #11,136 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to become progressively worse in quality or condition.
Example sentence
The patient's condition began to deteriorate after he stopped taking his medication.
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