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decay

English

🔊 the organic phenomenon of rotting
🔊 a gradual decrease
🔊 the process of gradually becoming inferior
🔊 the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
🔊 an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
“the corpse was in an advanced state of decay”
🔊 fall into decay or ruin
“The unoccupied house started to decay”
🔊 undergo decay or decomposition
“The body started to decay and needed to be cremated”
🔊 lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
“the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process”