English-French translations for decay

déchéanceElle a fait des millions de morts et a conduit à l’annihilation des Juifs, tout en plongeant l’Europe dans les profondeurs de la sauvagerie, de la dévastation économique et de la déchéance morale. It claimed the lives of millions of people and led to the annihilation of the Jews, as well as plunging Europe into the depths of savagery, economic devastation and moral decay.
décrépitude
désintégration
se désintégrerEn outre, l'uranium appauvri prend plusieurs milliers d'années à se désintégrer. Also, depleted uranium takes several thousand years to decay.

The process or result of being gradually decomposed
A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune
To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality
To rot, to go bad
To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons
To undergo w:optical decay|optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon
To cause to rot or deteriorate

The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.
The cats body decayed rapidly.
The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museums collection in a matter of years.

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