Decay and Ease

Decay

Decay verb - To go through decomposition.

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

Nearby Words: decayed, decaying, decadence, decadent

Ease verb - To free from obstruction or difficulty.

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Decay and ease are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decay" instead a verb "Ease".

Nearby Words: easy, eased, easing, easeful, easiness

similar	similar decay	similar ease
natural	natural decay	natural ease
total	total decay	total ease
considerable	considerable decay	considerable ease
Other adjectives: extreme, social, astonishing, advanced, general, apparent.

To demonstrate the extent of his physical decay, O'Brien rips out some of his hair and removes a tooth with uncomfortable ease.

Source: Body Horror / Literature
Little Inferno delves to the negative aspects of the trope, likening the fire to ease and predictable comfort of consumerism, and the willful blindness to the slow decay that the passive hordes staring at the fire all day cause.

Source: Fire of Comfort

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