physical deterioration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalanddeterioration
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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deterioration
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˌtɪə.ri.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌtɪr.i.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact or process of ...
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(Definition ofphysicalanddeteriorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofphysical deterioration
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The entire population suffered a gradual, inexorablephysicaldeterioration.
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Changing relationships occurred during the process ofphysicaldeterioration.
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These restrictions are postulated as a possible cause ofphysicaldeterioration.
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Experience: difficult to describe, stigma, guilt,physicaldeteriorationbut mentally intact.
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Thephysicaldeteriorationwas rapid.
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It is due apparently tophysicaldeterioration.
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Physicaldeteriorationis by no means widespread.
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Physicaldeteriorationwas endemic among certain classes.
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People discovered theirphysicaldeteriorationmeant necessary interventions of being washed, shaved, dressed, fed and eventually using a wheelchair.
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Physicaldeteriorationis setting in and disease is spreading.
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Indeed, it is usually described as the stage of life when it is appropriate to acknowledgephysicaldeteriorationand a reducing life span.
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If thephysicaldeteriorationis not apparent, if there is nophysicaldeterioration, then surely there is no reason why we should not have such an inquiry.
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The slowphysicaldeteriorationthat represented the ageing and dying of many residents was not dramatic, but contained an element of uncertainty regarding their final resolution through death.
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Physicaldeteriorationshould be a thing of grave concern to all of us at any period.
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In my constituency, between the two wars, there wasphysicaldeterioration.
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This is a state of very gradual mental andphysicaldeterioration.
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He speaks as a scientist dealing with the obvious facts ofphysicaldeteriorationin this country.
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All evidence shows that that leads to an increase of alcohol-related illness andphysicaldeterioration.
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I believe that we are again in a serious period ofphysicaldeterioration.
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That would be a recipe for the mental andphysicaldeteriorationand collapse of the residents.
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There was not onlyphysicaldeterioration, but a blighting, blasting helplessness.
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We want our country to succeed, but it cannot succeed on starvation orphysicaldeterioration.
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That, of course, corresponds to a realphysicaldeteriorationof the subject-matter of the depreciation.
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Hisphysicaldeteriorationby then was quite obvious.
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The photographs of that period show a noticeablephysicaldeterioration.
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