Break and Decay

Break

Break verb - Go to pieces.

Usage example: The lawn mower finally broke

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Decay and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decay" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Decay verb - To go through decomposition.

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Break and decay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Decay".

Nearby Words: decayed, decaying, decadence, decadent

long	long break	long decay
total	total break	total decay
nasty	nasty break	nasty decay
entire	entire break	entire decay
Other adjectives: real, severe, massive, serious, infamous, major, mental, apparent.

Barrows Armor, however, is extremely old (thousands of years) and will break and decay after fifteen hours of solid use, until it needs to be repaired for hundreds of thousands of coins.

Source: Unbreakable Weapons
Villain Decay: Hardcase manages to be introduced as an intimidating villain, only to become more pathetic each time he appears.Hardcase: Can't I ever catch a break?

Source: Western Animation / Turbo
Simian Beta-Decay: The mechanism by which an ape will break down into a number of smaller monkeys by emitting a high-speed electron.

Source: Techno Babble

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