decompose
verb (used with object)
to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate.
are decomposing
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present progressiveof decompose.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"My family's bodies are decomposing under the rubble. I long to see them and give them a proper burial."
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Regardless of the type of expression we are decomposing, the first and most important thing to do is factor the denominator.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
There are decomposing parts of it known as “Regulars” and “Lily Whites,” stricken both with the microbes of death, obscenely alive with the maggots of place-hunters.
From The Ballotless Victim of One-Party Governments The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 16 by Archibald Henry Grimké
Before beginning to analyse the forces that are decomposing religious belief, it will be well to remark briefly on the means by which these forces are applied to the world at large.
From Is Life Worth Living? by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
