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Adjective decayed has 2 senses

decayed - deteriorated by decay or rot; "decayed teeth"
Antonyms: unrotten, unrotted (indirect, via rotten)
decayed, rotten, rotted - damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
Antonym: sound (indirect, via unsound)

Verb decay has 3 senses

disintegrate, decay, decompose - lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
--₁ is one way to change integrity

Derived forms: noun decay₅, noun decay₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
decay, crumble, delapidate - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
--₂ is one way to change

Derived forms: noun decay₄, noun decay₃, noun decadent₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
decay - undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
--₃ is one way to change

Derived form: noun decay₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s