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View definitions for devolve

devolve

verb as in transfer

Strong matches

verb as in deteriorate

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This month, growing discontent among parents in California, Colorado and South Carolina devolved into public protests.

From Ozy

In Florida, which has seen a sharp increase in pediatric coronavirus cases with dozens of pediatric hospitalizations, the issue has devolved into a partisan showdown.

From Time

Well-meaning programs devolve into grievance sessions … rather than listening and trying to relate.

From Time

A fusion of the fantasy and science-fiction genres, the Age of Legends is a tale of paradise lost, as a futuristic Garden of Eden devolves into a dangerous and broken world.

As the Kapoor clan prepares to fulfill the man’s wish of clicking one last family photograph, long- held secrets spill out and the house devolves into chaos.

From Time

Everyone knew that that reality could easily, indeed would likely, devolve into the sectarian disaster we see now.

Forced C-section debates often skirt or even devolve into a proxy pro-choice/pro-life debate, explains Diaz-Tello.

This will, inevitably, devolve into the comedian freaking out and crying on the floor.

Politics has a tendency to devolve into juvenile playground taunts and smears.

Have you ever seen a character devolve into a completely different person?

We shall propose that the duty of collecting the returns shall devolve on the excise.

There is duty incumbent on us which we cannot devolve on others.

He pretended by his sole act and deed, to devolve upon these the whole authority of the state.

Besides Rhoda, Master Gammon was being waited for; on whom would devolve the driving of the cart back from the station.

She never could devolve upon that if love failed her; art could only be a part of her love henceforward.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to devolve, such as: delegate, pass, give to, pass on, and pass to.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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