decaying synonyms

decaying

modif.

rotting, crumbling, spoiling, decomposing, breaking down, breaking up, wasting away, falling, deteriorating, rusting, oxidizing, eroding, wearing away, disintegrating, worsening, collapsing, tumbling down, falling to pieces; see also dying 2, rotten 1, 3.

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