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détériorer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  • impair verb To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Senses

détériorer is used for these senses in English:

  • deteriorate (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  • impair (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

deteriorate — full definition

  1. verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  2. verb To make something worse.

impair — full definition

  1. verb To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
  2. verb To grow worse; to deteriorate.

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