Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?
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Degradation
Synonyms for "degradation" (280 found)
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Noun(16 words)
abasementabasingabjectionadulteratingattenuationbreakdowncatabolismcorruptingcorruptionscrumble away graduallydebasementdecaydecaysdeclinedecline in functiondecomposition tendency
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (84)
deformationdefrockingdegeneracydegeneratenessdegenerationdegradabilitydegradingdemoralizationdemotiondeplumingdeportationdepravationdepravednessdepravitydepreciationdepressiondeprivationderogationdescentdespicableness
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deteriorationdetrusiondevolutiondilapidationdiminutiondisbarmentdiscreditdisfellowshipdisgracedisgradingdishonordisintegrationdisjunctiondisorganizationdisplumingdisreputedissolutenessdissolutiondownfalldowngradingdowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddropduckingdyingebbeffetenessenormityerosionevilexclusionexcommunicationexecrablenessexileexpatriationextraditionfadingfailingfailurefailure of nervefallfalling-offfilth
Adjective(2 words)
degraded statuserosive
Noun(17 words)
demeaningdemeaning treatmentdenigrationdentingdepletiondepravingdeteriorationdeteriorationsdisintegrationdistortiondisusedowngradedowngradesemasculationerosion causeserosion phenomenonfatigue
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Noun(27 words)
foulingfrettinghumiliatinghumiliationhumiliationsimpairmentsimpoverishmentindignitiesiniquitymechanical instabilitymore nonconservednl. erosieperversionsprogressive functional lossravagesresorptionrotrustingscouringsordidness
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foulnessfugitationfulsomenessgrossnesshauling downheinousnesshollownesshumblinghumiliationignobilityignominiousnessignominyincoherenceinfamousnessinfamyingloriousnessinvolutionknaveryknavishnesslapse
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littlenessloss of honorloss of toneloweringlownessmeannessmildewmiserablenessmoldmonstrousnessmoral pollutionmoral turpitudemouldmouldermouldynefariousnessobloquyobnoxiousnessodiousnessodiumopprobriumostracismostracizationoutlawingoutlawryoxidationoxidizationpaltrinesspenitencepettinesspokinesspoornessprofligacyprostitutionranknessrascalityrascalryravages of timereductionregressionrelegationreprobacyresolutionretrocessionretrogradationretrogressionrogueryroguishnessrottennessruinrustrusticationscabbinessscampishnessscandalscoundrelismscrubbinessscruffinessscumminessscurvinessseductionshabbinessshameshoddinesssinkingslippageslumpsmallnessspoilagesqualorstrippingstripping of ranksubmergencethrusting undertransportationturpitudeundoingunfrockingvicevilenessvillainousnessvillainyviolationvitiationwanewearwear and tearwretchedness
Verb(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
frictional wearmolecular fragmentation
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7 entrieschemical degradationdemeaning actdenigrationmaterial degradationoxidative degradationphotochemical degradationthermal degradation
Collocations
6 entrieschemical degradationdegradation processdegradation rateenvironmental degradationrate of degradationsoil degradation
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16 total sentences available.
Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.
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Graceful degradation is a close second to robustness.
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Since the beginning of time, elders have been complaining about the degradation of the younger generation.
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