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All decompose synonyms

de·com·pose
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verb decompose

  • rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
  • fall apart — physically: into pieces
  • disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
  • decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  • molder — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
  • dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • fester — to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
  • taint — the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
  • crumble — If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  • turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
  • putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
  • anatomize — If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
  • resolve — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • dissect — to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
  • distill — to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
  • atomize — to separate or be separated into free atoms
  • break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
  • decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
  • moulder — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
  • go bad — not good in any manner or degree.
  • distil — (transitive) Subject a substance to distillation; .
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