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What does deteriorate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word deteriorate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  2. (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  3. (informal) slang: to nerf (used in gaming) something which is overpowered.
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The new priest didn't get on with young people so the youth club began to deteriorate.
Water accumulation can cause straw bale walls to mildew and eventually decompose, and earthen walls to deteriorate and collapse.
Katie's hearing began to deteriorate in 1997 and she had to rely on hearing aids and lip-reading.
No matter how much you looked after your body, with age mental and physical abilities start to deteriorate, no fault of your own.
I am much saddened that it has been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent that it is now surely beyond redemption.
When these buildings begin to deteriorate, asbestos fibres may be released.

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