Term: attack: the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: mediant: (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: egg-and-dart: a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: soapwort: plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: snapper: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: whale shark: large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: guarantee: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: mandatary: the recipient of a mandate
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: atomic pile: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: biotite: dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Broader: degeneration: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | Unrelated: cruise: an ocean trip taken for pleasure