In Germany, there are attempts to use woad to protect wood against decay without dangerous chemicals.

Methods for protecting food against decay are discussed in the article food preservation.

Window frames carry a thirty year guarantee against rot or decay.

It has been believed to protect more generally against decay and against witchcraft.

This division protects the media published from the year 1850 onward against damage and decay.

This guaranteed that the water fell to the ground just clear of the walls, so protecting them against damp, discoloration and decay.

In the 1970s the walls were rendered with chicken wire and mud to protect the building against decay.

The park service has stabilized the ruins against further decay.

But this somehow seems a fitting end to a melancholy narrative of a fight against decay, a struggle for hope in a cynical world.

Embalming is the practice of preserving a body against decay, and is used in many cultures.