DECAYING Synonyms

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• the process of becoming spoiled

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

• fall apart

• break or fall apart into fragments

• fall into decay or ruin

• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• break down

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• become putrid; decay with an offensive smell

• fall apart

• break or fall apart into fragments

• fall into decay or ruin

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• break down

• the analysis of a vector field

• in a decomposed state

• (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

• fall into decay or ruin

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• in a decomposed state

• a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system

• separation into component parts

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• total destruction

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation