Prior to direct confrontation between the US and Japan there had been the Japanese invasion of China by Japan. China and the US did not have agreements or pacts, but they had been trading partners and had enjoyed cordial relations for some time. The Panay Incident of 1937 was a contributing factor as was the US embargo of aviation fuel to Japan. Diplomatic efforts to reach a resolution were not effective. There was no International forum available to arbitrate and war resulted.
Coral reefs are deteriorating mostly because of our pollution
deteriorating
The old building showed signs of deteriorating with peeling paint and crumbling walls.
The noun for the stuff that is deteriorating is whatever the stuff is; for example, the deteriorating house or a deteriorating painting; the remains of the deteriorated city. The past tense, deteriorated, can also be used as a noun. Example sentence: The group that lived under the underpass were the deteriorated and the dejected.
Deteriorating.
Worsening, declining, deteriorating, deteriorative.
One of the things that the colony's food problem stemmed from was their deteriorating relationship with the Native Americans. They stopped trading corn to the colonists and this was one cause of their food problem.
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Deteriorating.
to become worse in condition or quality
Friendships come and go, but the real ones stay. If your friend relationship is deteriorating and they're getting depressed you can help them by listening to their problems and giving them healthy positive solutions to solving them.
-They are caused by deteriorating neighborhoods -They breed disease -They are fueled by poverty and unemployment