physical decay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalanddecay
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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decay
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈkeɪ/us/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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(Definition ofphysicalanddecayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Once airborne, virus particles are subject to environmental factors that influence their rate of biological andphysicaldecay.
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Physicaldecay, the infirmities of old age and death had to be accepted as part of the human life-course and could not be ameliorated by living a moral life.
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There is the fear of physical deterioration—and it would be useless to suggest that the fear ofphysicaldecayis not with us all.
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Those are areas ofphysicaldecay, with sub-standard housing, dilapidated social provision, old hospitals, schools and village halls and even old toilets—a decaying environment.
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Within each region, we have looked for the areas with particular problems of economic andphysicaldecay.
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Within each region we shall be looking for the areas with particular problems of economic andphysicaldecay.
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We should not underestimate the effect on morale of the people of urban areas when they seephysicaldecayof buildings and of their surroundings.
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A typical example is contained in paragraphs 11 and 12, which deal withphysicaldecay.
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The hearts of many of our major towns and cities are threatened withphysicaldecay.
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As we know, some council estates have become very run down and have severe problems withphysicaldecayand associated management problems.
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Either way, the effort becomes a burden, part of the general deterioration and part of the increasing debility, distress andphysicaldecay.
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Those managements have led tophysicaldecayand decline.
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There is attraction in projects which could use the idle labour available in the inner cities to tackle thephysicaldecaywhich is there so evident.
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In the draft guidance to regional development agencies published earlier this week, they are asked to adopt an integrated approach to the economy, employment, social exclusion andphysicaldecay.
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Secondly, there is an awareness that the hopes and frustrations of the unemployed can be harnessed to community work to attack, for example, thephysicaldecayin our cities.
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There is no doubt that the hearts of our cities are threatened with economic andphysicaldecayand loss of community, in a moral as well as a physical sense.
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Later accounts focus on hisphysicaldecayand girth.
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While he vainly tries to maintain an outer shell of respectability, his mental andphysicaldecayare recounted in detail.
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Supply of recycled aggregate depends onphysicaldecayof structures and their demolition.
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The biological decay constant is often approximated as it is more difficult to accurately determine than thephysicaldecayconstant.
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