as in disintegrates
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 decomposes
The research team developed a route-planning system for Astrobee, the ISS’s robotic assistant, that leverages sequential convex programming—a method that decomposes complex trajectory planning into smaller, tractable steps while guaranteeing safety and feasibility.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Shilajit is a mineral-rich resin that forms over centuries as plant material slowly decomposes under heat and pressure within the rocks of the Himalayan Mountains.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2025
Return nutrients back to the soil Fallen leaves and other plant debris act as a natural mulch, which slowly decomposes over the winter.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
When leaves fall to the ground, the carbon stays in these leaves, breaks down, and decomposes and releases nutrients back into the soil that plants can take in.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Shilajit is a mineral-rich resin that forms over centuries as plant material slowly decomposes under heat and pressure within the rocks of the Himalayan Mountains.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2025
Return nutrients back to the soil Fallen leaves and other plant debris act as a natural mulch, which slowly decomposes over the winter.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
When leaves fall to the ground, the carbon stays in these leaves, breaks down, and decomposes and releases nutrients back into the soil that plants can take in.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decomposes
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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The debris — space rocks known as meteoroids — collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Doris Alvarez Cea,
Florida Times-Union,
2 Jan. 2026
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The most common isotope, plutonium-239, is produced when the most common isotope of uranium, uranium-238, absorbs a neutron and then quickly decays to plutonium.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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The heartwood in the tree’s center decays first and makes for easy excavating.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
21 Sep. 2025
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If Britain continues down the path of criminalizing thought and prayer, the alliance risks being reduced to polite diplomacy while its moral core rots away.—
Lois McLatchie Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Decomposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decomposes. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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