Decay
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ROT
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

STR

EBB
The outward flow of the tide

5 letters

ERODE
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

GOBAD
Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

6 letters

WITHER
Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

FESTER
A sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

7 letters

DECLINE
Change toward something smaller or lower

CRUMBLE
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

PUTREFY
Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"

MOULDER
Break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

8 letters

GOTOSEED

9 letters

DECADENCE
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

DECOMPOSE
Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"

10 letters

DILAPIDATE
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

ROTTENNESS
The quality of rotting and becoming putrid

11 letters

DETERIORATE
Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

12 letters

DISINTEGRATE
Cause to undergo fission or lose particles

DEGENERATION
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

13 letters

DECOMPOSITION
The analysis of a vector field

DETERIORATION
A symptom of reduced quality or strength

14 letters

DISINTEGRATION
Separation into component parts

16 letters

RADIOACTIVEDECAY
The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation