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decompose::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break down, break up |
| Type of | separate |
| Has types | dissociate, digest, crack |
| Derivation | decomposition |
decompose::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decay, disintegrate |
| Type of | change integrity |
| Verb group | disintegrate |
Examples of decompose
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We're still pumping up those liquefied dinosaurs faster then they can decompose.
From the washingtonpost.com
Dead Zygnema clumps become a nuisance when they wash onto beaches and decompose.
From the sciencedaily.com
That way, those items don't spend decades waiting to decompose in our landfills.
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More CO2 means more plant growth and that means more organic matter to decompose.
From the forbes.com
They left the trotters to decompose for varying lengths of time up to 13 weeks.
From the newscientist.com
They continue to decompose and create an odor, giving the dog scents to detect.
From the timesunion.com
In the ocean, organisms die, sink into the sediment and decompose into methane.
From the sciencedaily.com
Slough plants, such as water lilies, decompose much faster than tough sawgrass.
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Frozen pig feet are used for bait because they won't decompose in warmer water.
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- Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- Disintegrate: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
- Break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"
- (decomposition) the analysis of a vector field
- (decomposition) in a decomposed state
- (decomposition) (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- Chemical decomposition, analysis or breakdown is the separation of a chemical compound into elements or simpler compounds. It is sometimes defined as the exact opposite of a chemical synthesis. Chemical decomposition is often an undesired chemical reaction. ...
- Decomposition or rotting is the process by which tissues of a dead organism break down into simpler forms of matter. The process is essential for new growth and development of living organisms because it recycles the finite matter that occupies physical space in the biome. ...
- (Decomposition (album)) Decomposition is a 2CD album set by Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, under the name Merzbow, featuring remixes and manipulation of source material recorded by Eugene Thacker and Shane Fahey. ...
