decayed

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Decayed zoo animals that died during the 2014 war are on display at a zoo in Khan Younis on March 7.

From National Geographic • Sep. 26, 2016

Daughters of Decayed Tradesmen: Christine Borland and Brody Condon The New Calton burial ground has a spooky burnt-out watchtower built to guard the dead from grave robbers in the early 19th century.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2013

Decayed plant matter and sediment accumulated in large basins in the Earth’s crust to form peat.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2012

Decayed grandeur Miss Havisham, the distraught woman wedded to the finery of her broken marriage, made a second appearance as inspiration in the New York season.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2011

Decayed brothers were always pensioned; thus we find, in 1526, Sir Laurence Aylmer, who had actually been mayor in 1507, applying for alms, and relieved, we regret to state, somewhat grudgingly.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter