Downslide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A slide downward; a worsening.

    "Among the most immediate and conspicuous political casualties of the sudden downslide in India-Pakistan relations..."

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declinedipdownturndropsagslide

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"Among the most immediate and conspicuous political casualties of the sudden downslide in India-Pakistan relations..."

Etymology

From down- + slide.

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