The synonym for declay is rotting
Example:
Mummies are dead bodies that have been wrapped in strips of cloth and kept for thousands of years. Many museums have at least one Egyptian mummy.
The early Egyptians believed that the dead continued to live in the next world after they died. They believed that a person had the same body in the next world, so they wanted to keep the body in good condition. They worked hard to keep bodies from decaying. Thousands of years later, scientists found the bodies still in good shape for all the time that had passed.
Rot
Rot
Bacteria and other small organisms, such as insects are responsible for the decay of dead organisms.
Bacteria and other small organisms, such as insects are responsible for the decay of dead organisms.
microscopic organisms are the major causes of decay.
Most organisms that die are quickly devoured by scavengers in the desert and do not have the opportunity to decay.
Lichens are plantlike organisms that decay to make acids:)
Decay, in itself, is a process.However, decay is caused by decomposing bacteria, which are micro-organisms.
collapse, decline, decomposition, corruption, spoiling
bion, morphon.
comedown, decay, lessening, deterioration, failure, drop
The synonym for decrepit is dilapidated or run-down.