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
What then starts is a roughly 30-day process where the body naturally decomposes and becomes nutrient-rich dirt.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
An American man who vanished weeks ago in Turks and Caicos is still presumed missing, despite the fact that a decomposing male body was found in the island paradise 10 days ago.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Electrolytes that transport electrons can decompose into flammable gases and puff up your battery into a spicy little pillow, for example.
—ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Nathan had fallen 12 feet deep into one such void, created by a tree trunk that had decomposed inside the dune.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
An American man who vanished weeks ago in Turks and Caicos is still presumed missing, despite the fact that a decomposing male body was found in the island paradise 10 days ago.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Electrolytes that transport electrons can decompose into flammable gases and puff up your battery into a spicy little pillow, for example.
—ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Nathan had fallen 12 feet deep into one such void, created by a tree trunk that had decomposed inside the dune.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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After that group disintegrated, the pair linked up with the guitarist and drummer of another band, Mythology — Iommi and Bill Ward — in late 1968 and formed a sextet called the Polka Tulk Blues Band.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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Substantial, but not so much so that the bun will disintegrate from rivers of juice.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 July 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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This rotting food would inevitably emit a stench so overpowering that early European explorers, fur trappers, and missionaries were sickened by it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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In a 1965 article from the Marion Leader-Tribune, Hoosier farmers statewide reported that roughly a fourth of their tomato crop had rotted due to unfavorable weather and a failure to attract enough workers.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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“Decompose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decompose. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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