All decompose synonyms
de·com·pose
D d 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; .