to degenerate
1. to decline or deteriorate in quality, character, or function
The situation degenerated into chaos.
A situação degenerou em caos.
2. to become morally corrupt or debased
His behavior degenerated over time.
Seu comportamento degenerou com o tempo.
3. in biology, to undergo degeneration or loss of function
The nerve cells degenerated due to disease.
As células nervosas degeneraram devido à doença.
Related Idioms & Phrases
degenerar em violência (to degenerate into violence)
degenerar moralmente (to degenerate morally)
deixar degenerar (to allow to deteriorate)
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