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• v  lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
• v  fall into decay or ruin
• v  undergo decay or decomposition
• s  damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
  a decayed foundation

• After the split, the cosmon decayed into the known universe.
• The deep wealth and class divisions, the decayed infrastructure, the lax civil-engineering management, the depleted city coffers, the lawless depravity, the history of political .
• Nor do they come to contemplate the baroque faades of the quarter's gracefully decayed, 17th century haveli, or historic residences.

• disintegrate
• decay
• decompose
• crumble
• dilapidate
• rotten
• rotted

News & Articles

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• State ranks poorly in dental health
  NORMAN — Removing teeth is routine for dentist Randi Hobbs. At least once a month, she removes a full set of decayed teeth and replaces them with dentures.
  June 17, 2013 - The Norman Transcript
• Ministry group works to repair houses for those in need
  Holes rotted in the floor. Badly worn linoleum. Decayed walls around leaking windows. Salkehatchie ministry fixes them all.
  June 15, 2013 - Anderson Independent-Mail
• New permit allows faster removal of dead fish, algae, nuisance plants
  Wisconsin lakefront property owners will be able to make quick work of dead fish and decayed plant life stinking up the shoreline, thanks to a new permit process from the Department of Natural Resources.
  June 13, 2013 - Wisconsin State Journal

Quotes

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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Indian Muslims
  Those who think, that by using such decayed methods as psychological warfare and economic sanctions, they can stop the Iranian nation's progress are mistaken,Ahmadinejad said while delivering a speech at the ceremony, according to RIA Novosti.
• Bob Dole in The Hill
  Dole concluded by reading an excerpt from a poem by John Stuart Mill that included the words, "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is...
• Mark Funkhouser in Kansas City Star
  Funkhouser called the event "a frank discussion about how we can lift up our decayed neighborhoods so that more middle class families move back into our city."