DECOMPOSE

v. 1 disintegrate, separate, fall or come apart, break up or down, take apart, dissect, anatomize, atomize, resolve, decompound, analyse By absorption the scientists decomposed the green light into yellow and blue 2 rot, disintegrate, decay, moulder, putrefy; spoil, go off or bad, turn sour The meat will decompose if it is left outside the fridge