- Break down chemically
- Break up
- Moulder
- Rot
- To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into
original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of
chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
- To become resolved or returned from existing
combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.
- 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.