Rot and Waste

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Rot verb - To become worse or of less value.

Usage example: the house slowly fell into disrepair and rotted

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Waste is a synonym for rot. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead the word "Rot" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: rotted, rotting, rote

Waste verb - Become physically weaker.

Usage example: Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world

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Rot is a synonym for waste in decline topic. Sometimes you can use "Rot" instead the word "Waste" as a verb or a noun.

time	rot time	waste time
world	rot world	waste world

Writer on Board: A one-off example is a Sunday strip from a couple of years ago about the Pattersons "going green", while the rest of the world continues to waste and rot.

Source: Comic Strip / For Better or for Worse
If a sapient creature is already dead, the elves have no problem with eating the corpse, since just letting the corpse rot would be a waste of resources.

Source: Granola Girl
While most hunters at least try not to waste too much and sell any meat/hide that they don't want or can't use, there are some content with killing something, taking its head as a trophy and maybe a few pounds of meat, and leaving the rest of it to rot while they head merrily back home.

Source: Egomaniac Hunter

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