Decayed and Former

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Decayed

Decayed adjective - Having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit.
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Former and decayed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Former" instead an adjective "Decayed".
Nearby Words: decay, decaying

Former

Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
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Decayed and former are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decayed" instead an adjective "Former".
Nearby Word: formerly

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  • Dem Bones In DC's Blackest Night event, black power rings re-animate dead characters, typically making them look like slightly-decayed versions of their former selves.
    Source: Dem Bones
  • Cosmogirl lived on as a website for a few years, then decayed once it was aborbed into the Seventeen website; it's now a sad shell of its former self.
    Source: Magazine Decay
  • In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Masyaf, the former Assassin stronghold and home to the first game's protagonist Altaïr, had decayed so much that Templars, the Assassins' sworn enemies, took over what was once the main headquarters of the most important branch of the brotherhood.
    Source: Monument of Humiliation and Defeat
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