SERPENTINIZING Antonyms

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

• the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

• 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

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively