116 entries under decay topic. ×

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collapse(verb, break, drop, decline, settle)
14
disintegrate(verb, break, drop, dull, help)
12
break up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break)
10
crumble(verb, stop, break, dull, help)
10
decompose(verb, break, study, dull, help)
10
die(verb, go, decline, seize)
8
spoil(verb, break, dull, help, hurt)
8
turn(verb, break, hurt, damage, harm)
7
dissolve(verb, break, part, help, cut)
7
divide(verb, break, order, part, separate)
7
perish(verb, break, drop, go, decline)
7
putrefy(verb, break, dull, hurt, damage)
7
separate(verb, break, part, cut, collapse)
7
sink(verb, stop, break, drop, help)
6
go bad(verb, expression, idiom, stop, dull)
6
molder(verb, stop, break, dull, end)
6
rot(verb, stop, break, dull, end)
6
taint(verb, break, dull, ruin, spoil)
6
take apart(verb, expression, break, hit, destroy)
5
dismantle(verb, break, take, end, ruin)
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