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past tense of devolve
Synonyms & Antonyms of devolved
to become worse or of less value
- the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum
Synonyms for devolved
- atrophied,
- crumbled,
- decayed,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- descended,
- deteriorated,
- ebbed,
- regressed,
- retrograded,
- rotted,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- worsened
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