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shattered collapse: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"

injured collapse: usually used of physical or mental injury to persons; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

slashed collapse: having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"; patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather

worsened collapse: made or become worse; impaired; "troubled by the worsened economic conditions"; "the worsened diplomatic relations"

impaired collapse: diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"

damaged collapse: harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

scorched collapse: damaged or discolored by superficial burning:"the scorched blouse tore easily"; having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy"

aggravated collapse: incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"; made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault"

worse collapse: something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse"; (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying"; changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"; (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"

irritated collapse: feeling inflammation or other discomfort (especially in a part of the body)

torn collapse: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

imperfect collapse: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

sicken collapse: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"; make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"; upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"

worsen collapse: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"; make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

changed collapse: made or become different in some respect; "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress"; made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war"; changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks"

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

modified collapse: changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"

improved collapse: become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder"; made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed"; (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands"

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

transformed collapse: given a completely different form or appearance; "shocked to see the transformed landscape"

exasperated collapse: greatly annoyed; out of patience; "had an exasperated look on his face"; "felt exasperated beyond endurance"

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