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Decomposes
To separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment
📖 Definitions of "Decomposes"
verb
- 1
To separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment
- 2
To rot, decay or putrefy
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Decomposes"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disintegrateverb | (intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts. |
| break upverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship. |
| decayverb | (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition. |
| moulderverb | (transitive) (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces. |
| rotverb | (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. |
| molderverb | US standard spelling of moulder. [(transitive) (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.] |
| comprisesverb | (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). |
| consistsverb | (archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible. |
| decaysverb | (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition. |
| degradesverb | (transitive) To lower in value or social position. |
| includesverb | To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. |
| rotsnoun | (Star Wars) Initialism of Revenge of the Sith (a 2005 movie in the Star Wars series). |
| decomposernoun | (ecology) A substance or an organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material. |
| dissolvesverb | (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid. |
| decayingverb | The process of undergoing decay. |
| decomposersnoun | (ecology) A substance or an organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material. |
| disintegratingnoun | That causes disintegration. |
| double decompositionnoun | (chemistry) a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis |
| deterioratesverb | (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. |
| dissolvingverb | The act by which something dissolves. |
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