degenerate into something
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to become something worse:
The demonstration started peacefully but soon degenerated into a violent confrontation.
The planned two-day hike degenerated into a week of aimless wandering.
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degenerate
The country has degenerated into chaos following the inconclusive election.
The debate among the candidates degenerated into a shouting match and exchange of insults.
The refusal of either party to compromise meant that the negotiations were doomed to degenerate into deadlock.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deteriorating and making worse
add
admin
aggravate
backslide
be downhillidiom
debase
deterioration
devaluation
devalue
disintegrate
dog
downgrade
regress
regression
regressive
regressively
retrograde
wear thinidiom
worse
worsen
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