as in to disintegrate
to go through decomposition
detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state
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Recent Examples of decompose
Communities also found decomposing bodies floating past their homes, leaders said.
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Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Inside the home, authorities found the 70-year-old’s body dismembered and decomposing in 14 plastic bags, police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
The couple were found severely decomposed in their home on Feb 28 – more than two weeks after prosecutors allege Casap killed them.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Halleck adds coffee grounds need to be decomposed by microbes first to release nitrogen and other nutrients.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
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Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Inside the home, authorities found the 70-year-old’s body dismembered and decomposing in 14 plastic bags, police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
The couple were found severely decomposed in their home on Feb 28 – more than two weeks after prosecutors allege Casap killed them.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Halleck adds coffee grounds need to be decomposed by microbes first to release nitrogen and other nutrients.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decompose
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Join 13 others in the comments View Comments Though defunct objects in space routinely fall out of orbit, most pieces of debris disintegrate entirely during the reentry process.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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The altitudes at which satellites disintegrate are too high for meteorological balloons to reach but too low for satellites to sample.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
5 May 2025
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However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Watering them during this time can cause the bulbs to rot, especially in warm, humid conditions.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2025
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The rotting teeth of our children because of this fluoride ban is a metaphor for the rot in our government.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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“Decompose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decompose. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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