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decompose

verb

1 decompose

Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.

synonyms: break down, break up.

Roget 49: decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze [Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse etc. 73; ... show more

Dutch: ontbinden

2 decompose

Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.

synonyms: decay, disintegrate.

Dutch: verloederen

3 decompose

Break down:
— The bodies decomposed in the heat.

synonyms: molder, moulder, rot.

Dutch: kneder, vormer


Moby thesaurus: ablate, anatomize, atomize, break down, break up, canker, come apart, consume, corrode, corrupt, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, deliquesce, disintegrate, disjoin, disorganize, dissect, dissolve ... show more.

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decomposed

adjective

Roget 49: decomposed etc. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative, solvent.   

Moby thesaurus: bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, festering, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed, necrotic, peccant, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting, sphacelated ... show more.

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