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to decay
verb
To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation. To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete. To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
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"They've been left to decay and rot".
"It wants me to decay and die pretty soon.
A speck to decay and be washed away.
They begin to decay, becoming tired and uninteresting.
Many campuses were allowed to decay, becoming overgrown with weeds.
"We have allowed our country to decay and deteriorate.
The tower, like much else, was left to decay.
He later concluded: "To renew or to decay.
They begin to decay as soon as they are finished, if not before.
But other tenants constructed their own buildings, leaving old hospital structures to decay.
They seek the achieved body, but our bodies are dynamic systems susceptible to decay.
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