Decompose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To separate into components or basic elements.
  • v. To cause to rot.
  • verb-intransitive. To become broken down into components; disintegrate.
  • verb-intransitive. To decay; putrefy. See Synonyms at decay.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment
  • v. to rot, decay or putrefy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
  • verb-intransitive. To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To separate into its constituent parts; resolve into its original elements; specifically, to reduce (an organic body) to a state of dissolution by a process of natural decay.
  • To become resolved into constituent elements; specifically, to decay; rot; putrefy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
  • v. break down
  • v. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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    Words with the same meaning
    decay    rot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bose    Brose    Goes    Joes    Jos   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    char    stratified    oxidize    consolidate    disarm