degradation

If not, at least he’d get a major degradation of its military power that would somehow deliver a short war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Nagarajan said they have had positive results: "We've seen up to 20% degradation in terms of toxins and we've also seen a lot of the algal cells being destroyed because of the effect of cavitation."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Others, including widely used polyethylene, are far more resistant to biological degradation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"This sounds theoretical and naive but you know you destroy nature at your peril and I think we see around the world the consequences of nature degradation," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Nothing until the final degradation of the Christmas card.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

At first, Natasha’s antipathy toward parenthood feels refreshingly specific, with its focus on the mundane degradations that can haunt the imaginations of the happily childless.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2022

Under Hawpe’s leadership, the Courier Journal successfully fought to rein in the excesses and environmental degradations of the mining industry.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

She simply lets the degradations of Ivy, Ruby and Wren pile up until the nature of the crisis is inescapable.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020

In The House of God, the central critique is forceful because it is narrow: The various degradations of hospital work are displayed vividly and repeatedly.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2019

But within our boundaries we, too, drew a line that included our right to bread regardless of the indignities or degradations involved in getting it.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright