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Decay People  To Slowly   By A  Make Body

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decay

Back  to be slowly 
destroyed
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 by a 
natural
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chemical
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process
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, or to make something do this

Her body was already starting to decay. 

Most archaeological finds are broken, damaged, or decayed.
 

decaying organic matter

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In everyday English, people usually say rot rather than decay when talking about food:
There was a smell of rotting vegetables


 if 
traditional
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beliefs
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standards
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 etc decay, people do not 
believe
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 in them or 
support
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 them anymore
 SYN decline

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