LIGNIFYING Antonyms

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• becoming liquid

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

• the process of becoming softer

• having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

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

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• 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