- Putrefy
- Rot
- Wear away
- To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect
state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated;
to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
- To cause to decay; to impair.
- To destroy.
- Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity,
or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward
dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline;
deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the
decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
- Alternatively, cry out “Poppycock!”
- Corruption
- Decay
- Decompose
- Decompose naturally
- Deterioration
- Dorothy has some gangrene
- Decay
- Decay, become rotten
- Form pus
- Putrefy
- To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a
sore or a wound festers.
- To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in
intensity; to rankle.
- To cause to fester or rankle.