decompose
verb (used with object)
to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate.
is decomposing
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present progressiveof decompose (3rd person singular).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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They suggested to his mother that she does not have much time to make a decision because the body is decomposing, Navalnaya said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
“The first thing that we’ve learned is that this aging infrastructure is decomposing and is not being well-maintained, and that has to be addressed immediately,” Foley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
Jump forward a few seasons, and Cersei is on the Iron Throne while Tywin is decomposing in his grave.
From Salon ● May 2, 2019
The same odor is perceptible around stables and other places where animal matter is decomposing.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
The rain in its passage through the air takes up carbonic acid, and it is still further charged with it in percolating through the surface soil in which there is decomposing vegetable matter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
