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1. Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
   "rotted beams"
   - decayed, rotten

1. Break down
   "The bodies rotted in the heat"
   - decompose, molder [N. Amer], moulder [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Become physically weaker
   "Political prisoners are rotting away in many prisons all over the world"
   - waste

See also: rotting, unsound

Type of: decay, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop

Encyclopedia: Rot