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91disintegrate — verb steam causes the substance to disintegrate Syn: break up, break apart, fall apart, fall to pieces, fragment, fracture, shatter, splinter; explode, blow up, blow apart, fly apart; crumble, deteriorate, decay, decompose, rot, molder …
92dwindle — verb 1) the population dwindled Syn: diminish, decrease, reduce, lessen, shrink; fall off, tail off, drop, fall, slump, plummet; disappear, vanish, die out; informal nosedive Ant …
93go to seed — run to seed in just two years, this hotel has really gone to seed Syn: deteriorate, degenerate, decline, decay, fall into decay, go to rack and ruin, go downhill, molder, rot; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, go down the toilet …
94ramshackle — adjective their first home was a ramshackle cottage Syn: tumbledown, dilapidated, derelict, decrepit, neglected, run down, gone to rack and ruin, beat up, crumbling, decaying; rickety, shaky, unsound Ant: sound, sturdy …
95rot — 1. verb 1) the floorboards rotted Syn: decay, decompose, become rotten; disintegrate, crumble, perish 2) the meat began to rot Syn: go bad, spoil, go off; molder, putrefy, fest …
96run down — obviously, this barn didn t start running down yesterday Syn: decline, degenerate, go downhill, go to seed, decay, go to rack and ruin; informal go to pot, go to the dogs …
97seedy — adjective 1) the seedy world of prostitution Syn: sordid, disreputable, seamy, sleazy, squalid, unwholesome, unsavory Ant: high class 2) a seedy roadside diner Syn …
98squalid — adjective 1) a squalid prison Syn: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, foul, vile, poor, sorry, wretched, miserable, mean, seedy, shabby, sordid, insalubrious; neglected …
99destruction — n 1. demolition, wipe out, pulverization, wrecking, wreckage, rack and ruin; razing, gutting, felling, prostration, leveling; pulling down, tearing down, taking down, bringing down, breaking down, throwing down, casting down, beating down,… …
100decay — 1. verb 1) the corpses had decayed Syn: decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil, fester, perish 2) the cities continue to decay Syn: deteriorate, degenerate, decline …
