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degradation

[ deg-ruh-dey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of degrading. degrade.
  2. the state of being degraded. degraded.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. Physical Geography. the wearing down of the land by the erosive action of water, wind, or ice.
  4. Chemistry. the breakdown of an organic compound.


degradation

/ 藢诲蓻伞谤蓹藞诲别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the act of degrading or the state of being degraded
  2. a state of degeneration, squalor, or poverty
  3. some act, constraint, etc, that is degrading
  4. the wearing down of the surface of rocks, cliffs, etc, by erosion, weathering, or some other process
  5. chem a breakdown of a molecule into atoms or smaller molecules
  6. physics an irreversible process in which the energy available to do work is decreased
  7. RC Church the permanent unfrocking of a priest
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别驳顎卹补路诲补顎僼颈辞苍路补濒 adjective
  • 诲别驳顎价补路诲补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
  • 补苍顎卼颈路诲别驳顎卹补路诲补顎僼颈辞苍 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卍别驳路谤补路诲补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-诲别驳顎卹补路诲补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of degradation1

First recorded in 1525鈥35; from Late Latin 诲脓驳谤补诲腻迟颈艒苍-, stem of 诲脓驳谤补诲腻迟颈艒, from 诲脓驳谤补诲腻迟(耻蝉) 鈥渄egraded鈥 (past participle of 诲脓驳谤补诲腻谤别; degrade ) + -颈艒 -ion
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鈥淭his is a foundational degradation in our intelligence capabilities,鈥 said Schoonover, the founder and CEO of the Ecological Futures Group.

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His early years are spent in places ravaged by the Empire鈥檚 environmental degradation, first on Cassian鈥檚 destroyed planet of origin, then on his adoptive home world of Ferrix, a rocky salvaging base.

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The project explores the tension between the human desire to connect with nature and ongoing environmental degradation.

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Supreme Court ruling that upheld the definition of harm to encompass 鈥渟ignificant habitat modification or degradation.鈥

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The federal Clean Air and Clean Water acts, and similar state laws, likewise set out in law just how much degradation or destruction of the natural world corporations or others can get away with.

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