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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to decay:   (140 results)

More general:
action, activity, change, change integrity, decrease, decrement, natural action, natural process, nuclear reaction, organic phenomenon, physical phenomenon, unsoundness

Appears in the definition of:
alpha decay, alpha radiation, alpha ray, astatine, at, atomic number 85, beta decay, beta particle, beta radiation, beta ray, black locust, black rot, brown rot, caries, carious, cavity, class plectomycetes, cleistocarp, cleistothecium, conserve, corrupt, corruption, crumble, decadent, decayable, decayed, delapidate, deliquesce, dental caries, dilapidate, effete, electron radiation, fluoridation, fluoridization, gamma radiation, gamma ray, genus bacillus, ghoulish, imperishability, imperishingness, imputrescible, in truth, keep up, laterite, maintain, miasma, morbid, nitrogen cycle, perishable, perishables, plectomycetes, potassium-argon dating, preservation, preservative, preserve, putrefaction, putrefiable, putrefy, putrescible, radiation, radioactivity, root rot, rot, rotted, rotten, shielding, sodium fluoride, soft rot, sound, soundness, spoilable, spoilables, tainted, tooth decay, transmutation, unsoundness, weak force, weak interaction

More specific:
break, bust, caries, cavity, corrode, corruption, decompose, decomposition, degenerate, dental caries, deteriorate, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, droop, eat at, erode, exponential decay, exponential return, fall apart, gnaw, gnaw at, go bad, impairment, molder, moulder, putrefaction, putrefy, rot, rotting, ruin, rust, spoil, spoilage, spoiling, tooth decay, wear, wear away, wear out, weather, wilt

Synonyms:
crumble, decline, decompose, decomposition, delapidate, disintegrate, disintegration, radioactive decay

Often used in the same context:
decaying



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