rotted
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- v break down
- v become physically weaker
- s damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
rotted beams
- They celebrate their hardy Viking roots by eating shark that has essentially rotted and is then marinated in lactic acid for six months.
- The family home rotted too.
- Furthermore, she retained a whiff of sanctity even as her government rotted, even as Filipinos worked hard to prove George Orwell's aphorism that saints are guilty until proven .