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 teeth in children, slight in themselves, give rise to more serious troubles in later life,—ill-shaped mouths and jaws and crooked teeth result from teeth that have been drawn too early in life.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston