decompose
verb (used with object)
to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate.
has decomposed
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present perfectof decompose (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But about three years after death, once the organic matter has decomposed, loved ones break open the front slab of the chamber.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
But in this paper, we’ve identified a fifth category: hundreds of brains that are preserved even when all the body’s other soft tissue has decomposed.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 19, 2024
Whether or not we stand on the shoulders of giants, we stroll on the topsoil into which the past has decomposed, and some seeds planted then are sprouting, and even blooming, now.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
The second has to do with decomposition: If the fetus has decomposed even a little bit, the lungs can fill with gas bubbles that would also result in the lung floating.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2015
All the rest has decomposed; it is nothing to me any more.
From Woman by Magdeleine Marx
