Meanwhile, the vast region has been going through depopulation, deindustrialization, and general degradation.

While structurally it was still sound, and life support functioned nearly normally, it had suffered a general degradation of its systems, though no catastrophic failures.

It was the visual evidence of feet of clay, a heart of sloth, a general moral degradation.

Other torture methods included hanging, underwater asphyxiation, beatings, burning, verbal abuse and general degradation.

My theory is that it's general environmental degradation.

Of course, there are also "nonauditory effects," like hypertension and what he called general degradation of quality of life.

And all those ships in a relatively small area threaten general environmental degradation.

However, most Bulgarian media experience a number of negative trends, such as general degradation of media products, self-censorship and economic or political pressure.

Less-prominent complaints also include the device overheating and general degradation of battery performance.

There is general degradation of functions and a final lapse into unconsciousness with death following quickly.