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decayed

/dɪˈkeɪd/ adjective C2
  1. Having undergone decay; rotted. · The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
  2. Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune. (dated)
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Trees had grown into and out of the walls; the battlements were tumbled down and decayed, and wild creepers hung out of the windows of the towers on the walls in bushy hanging clumps.
The Jungle Book, p. 47 · B2

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