verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A dead fish in the aquarium will decompose rapidly, fouling the water badly.
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A partly decomposed body was found late Saturday.
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As household refuse decomposes, it produces an explosive gas, methane.
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Diapers don't decompose in landfills.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As bacteria decomposed it, they released CO2 into the air.
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Five to ten sub-systems is accepted as the normal range, which can then be decomposed as required to show lower-order activities.
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I poked at its decomposing body with a long driftwood stick, working to turn it over.
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If turned, two or three times, the heap will decompose without getting too hot or becoming mildewed.
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In this way, semantic markers decompose the meanings of words into more primitive elements.
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It would decompose and could cause the pool liner to sag.
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Some minerals seem to survive more or less unaltered even after being subject to prolonged weathering, whereas others decompose very rapidly.
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The elderly in Boston and New York were decomposing in their rooms.