Degenerate
/dɪˈdʒɛnərət/
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Definition
(adj) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
Sentence Examples
There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.
Though my uncle is homeless, I don't think he is a degenerate.
CEFR Practice Quiz
There remain great fears of seeing the clashes ____ into massacres.