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degenerate

verb

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To decline into a worse condition.

Without a clear agenda, the discussion began to degenerate into complaints.

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A once-busy community workshop began to degenerate into a neglected storeroom as repairs stopped and scheduled sessions repeatedly disappeared from the calendar.

From A Town Project Loses Its Purpose.

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