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decompose
[dee-kuhm-pohz]
verb (used with object)
to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate.
The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
verb (used without object)
to rot; putrefy.
The egg began to decompose after a day in the sun.
decompose
/ ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz, ˌdiːkɒmpəˈzɪʃən /
verb
to break down (organic matter) or (of organic matter) to be broken down physically and chemically by bacterial or fungal action; rot
chem to break down or cause to break down into simpler chemical compounds
to break up or separate into constituent parts
(tr) maths to express in terms of a number of independent simpler components, as a set as a canonical union of disjoint subsets, or a vector into orthogonal components
Other Word Forms
- decomposable adjective
- decomposability noun
- undecomposable adjective
- decomposition noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of decompose1
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Example Sentences
Then in early September, the Los Angeles Police Department announced her decomposing body had been found inside the trunk of a Tesla owned by singer D4vd.
A missing teenage girl had been dead for several weeks before her decomposing body was discovered stuffed inside the trunk of singer D4vd’s Telsa, Los Angeles police said Monday.
Her body was described by authorities as being decomposed, suggesting she had been dead for a while.
Los Angeles police officials have described her body as severely decomposed, suggesting she died while she was still 14.
Los Angeles detectives are retracing the final days of a 14-year-old missing girl whose decomposing body was found inside the trunk of singer D4vd’s Tesla.
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