as in rotten
having undergone organic breakdown
the decomposed remains of an old tree trunk
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as in decayed
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 decomposed
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Inspectors also found a decomposed rat in the basement.
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Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
Inside was a decomposed head and torso.
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Laura Payne,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
Questions about the singer’s connection to Hernandez’s grisly end have swirled since last summer, ever since her badly decomposed and dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla linked to Burke.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Prosecutors previously presented photos of Chiodo’s badly decomposed body.
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Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
The badly decomposed remains of a woman were found Wednesday evening in a dumpster near an Oakland freeway offramp, authorities said.
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Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
D4vd has been charged with murder following his arrest last Thursday for the death of a teen girl whose decomposed body was found in the trunk of his Tesla.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
Thatch is a naturally occurring layer of dead grass, rhizomes, leaves, and other non-decomposed organic materials.
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Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
10 Apr. 2026
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Every project should be decomposed into tasks, with explicit categorization of which are human, AI or hybrid.
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Manu Khetan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Prosecutor Cheryl Galvin disagreed, saying that while the body had decomposed, the medical examiner was still able to conclude Chiodo died by homicide due to blunt force and sharp force injuries.
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Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Compost is decomposed organic matter, created when microorganisms break down plant materials, food scraps, leaves, manure, and other organic inputs.
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Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
There have been in-kind donations, and the city has contributed materials such as gravel and decomposed granite for walking paths.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
Biodegradable waste consists of organic materials, such as food scraps, vegetable peels, paper, leaves, and agricultural residues, that can be decomposed naturally through microbial processes.
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Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
Halleck adds coffee grounds need to be decomposed by microbes first to release nitrogen and other nutrients.
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Lauren David,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2026
Her arms and legs had been cut off, and her body was significantly decomposed, according to the report.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Inspectors also found a decomposed rat in the basement.
—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
Inside was a decomposed head and torso.
—
Laura Payne,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
Questions about the singer’s connection to Hernandez’s grisly end have swirled since last summer, ever since her badly decomposed and dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla linked to Burke.
—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Prosecutors previously presented photos of Chiodo’s badly decomposed body.
—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
The badly decomposed remains of a woman were found Wednesday evening in a dumpster near an Oakland freeway offramp, authorities said.
—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
D4vd has been charged with murder following his arrest last Thursday for the death of a teen girl whose decomposed body was found in the trunk of his Tesla.
—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
Thatch is a naturally occurring layer of dead grass, rhizomes, leaves, and other non-decomposed organic materials.
—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
Remains of dogs too decomposed to be recovered were also found in the same field, the sheriff's office said.
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Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Every project should be decomposed into tasks, with explicit categorization of which are human, AI or hybrid.
—
Manu Khetan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Prosecutor Cheryl Galvin disagreed, saying that while the body had decomposed, the medical examiner was still able to conclude Chiodo died by homicide due to blunt force and sharp force injuries.
—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Compost is decomposed organic matter, created when microorganisms break down plant materials, food scraps, leaves, manure, and other organic inputs.
—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
There have been in-kind donations, and the city has contributed materials such as gravel and decomposed granite for walking paths.
—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
Biodegradable waste consists of organic materials, such as food scraps, vegetable peels, paper, leaves, and agricultural residues, that can be decomposed naturally through microbial processes.
—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
Halleck adds coffee grounds need to be decomposed by microbes first to release nitrogen and other nutrients.
—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2026
Her arms and legs had been cut off, and her body was significantly decomposed, according to the report.
—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decomposed
Adjective
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But Reddick shouldn’t yet be counted out because his recent downturn is more due to rotten luck than substandard performance.
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Unashamed about its unoriginality, the movie debuted in May last year to a 'rotten' rating by critics and audiences alike on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
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In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].
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But since sitting vacant, the property has decayed and listed in city property records as unoccupiable.
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Lineage officials said that their top priority as of Monday night was addressing the stench permeating over Boyle Heights due to the spoiled food.
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Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage.
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The meteor — which is thought to be a small chunk of a much larger asteroid — was probably too small and traveled too fast to survive atmospheric entry and instead disintegrated entirely, leaving no parts of it to fall to the ground in the form of meteorites.
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Any potential scoring opportunity in the fifth inning disintegrated after Dalton Rushing’s leadoff walk.
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While the timber has long since rotted away, the posts lined up to point directly at the rising sun during the summer solstice and the setting sun at the winter solstice — in the same way as Stonehenge.
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The storm hit Jamaica on August 12, splintering three hundred homes, and 90 percent of banana crops rotted to black in the post-storm humidity.
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