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n. - Rapid deterioration, usually in strength, position, or condition.

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  • Godwin especially was a running sore both now and later on; the philosopher was at the beginning of that shabby 'degringolade' which was to end in the ruin of his...
  • No doubt there are some nits to pick with the seeming inevitability of their theme, given the degringolade in 2006, but look how much the 1946 election changed the...
  • We're all going to wear our Serious Face today, and discuss the degringolade that was the GURPS Infinite Worlds writing process, and I use the term "process" solely for...
  • The stock market goes up, or goes down, but the economic degringolade continues.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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