Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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decay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
putrefaction | Yes | No | No | No |
decay (noun) | putrefaction (noun) |
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the organic phenomenon of rotting | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action |
the process of gradually becoming inferior | a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor |
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | |
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying |
decay (verb) | putrefaction (verb) |
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fall into decay or ruin | |
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | |
undergo decay or decomposition |