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| Main Entry: | crumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break or fall into pieces |
| Synonyms: | break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble |
| Antonyms: | build, put together |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
| Synonyms: | break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go to pieces*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, be worse for wear, become worse, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose it, lose quality, wear away |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, develop, improve, get better |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disintegrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart; reduce to pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, break up, crumble, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, descend, detach, disband, disconnect, dismantle, disorganize, disperse, disunite, divide, molder, pulverize, putrefy, rot, separate, sever, shatter, sink, splinter, spoil, taint, turn, wither, worsen, break apart, break down, come apart, deliquesce, dilapidate, disimprove, fade away, fall to pieces, take apart, turn to dust, wash away, wash out |
| Antonyms: | combine, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | dispel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive away thought, belief |
| Synonyms: | allay, banish, break up*, cancel, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up*, beat off*, break it up, bust up, chase away |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | erode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate; wear away |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, scour, spoil, waste, wear down, grind down |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, rebuild |
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
| Synonyms: | burst, crumble, disintegrate, disunite, divide, rend, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, split, split up, come apart, rive |
| Antonyms: | complete, total |
| Main Entry: | granulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush into tiny pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, crumble, crystallize, disintegrate, grate, grind, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate, comminute, make coarse, make grainy |
| Main Entry: | perish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, decline, decay |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust*, buy the farm*, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, go, go under, kick the bucket*, pass, pass away, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither, OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, break down, give up the ghost, lose life, pass on |
| Antonyms: | revive, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | powder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bray, cover, crumble, crunch, dredge, dust, file, granulate, grate, grind, pound, pulverize, rasp, reduce, scatter, scrape, smash, strew, triturate, comminute, flour, pestle |
| Antonyms: | solidify |
| Main Entry: | putrefy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rot |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, crumble, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, spoil, stink, taint, turn, break down, go bad, putresce |
| Main Entry: | rot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, deteriorate |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, crumble, debase, debauch, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, demoralize, deprave, descend, disintegrate, fester, languish, molder, perish, pervert, putrefy, retrograde, sink, spoil, stain, taint, turn, warp, wither, worsen, break down, disimprove, go bad, go downhill, go to pot, waste away |
| Antonyms: | build, flourish, grow |
| Main Entry: | taint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, contaminate; ruin |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, cloud, cook, corrupt, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down, break down, cast a slur, crud up, give a bad name, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce the strength of |
| Synonyms: | abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, halt, impair, impoverish, invalidate, languish, lessen, limp, lose, lower, minimize, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relapse, relax, sap, soften, temper, thin, tire, totter, tremble, undermine, vitiate, wane, water down, wilt, ease up, give way, lose spirit, slow down, thin out |
| Antonyms: | build up, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | fall apart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disintegrate |
| Synonyms: | break, collapse, crack up, crumble, go to pieces, break down |
| Main Entry: | molder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | crumble, decompose, disintegrate, break down, waste away |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress, smash |
| Synonyms: | beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle, comminute, contriturate, contuse, kablooey |
| Antonyms: | release, let go, uncompress, unwrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rot, break up |
| Synonyms: | crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, spoil, taint, turn, break down, putresce |
| Antonyms: | combine, develop, grow, improve |
| Main Entry: | grind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush, pulverize |
| Synonyms: | abrade, atomize, attenuate, beat, bray, crumble, crumple, disintegrate, file, granulate, grate, mill, pound, powder, pulverize*, rasp, reduce, scrape, shiver, triturate, chop up, comminute, kibble, levigate, pestle, roll out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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