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Meanings of decompose in English

Catalan
descompondre
Spanish
descomponer

Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.

        descompondre
        Portuguese
        putrefazer
        Catalan
        descompondre's

        Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.

              putrefazer
              Portuguese
              putrefazer
              Catalan
              descompondre's
              Spanish
              pudrirse

              Break down.

                    putrefazer
                    Usage of decompose in English
                    1
                    Maybe they decompose quickly into a form that resembles typical rock crystal.
                    Existence
                    2
                    Proteins and carbohydrates within the algae also decompose, increasing the fuel yield.
                    Wired
                    3
                    The warmth and moisture of the mouth make these matters decompose quickly.
                    A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
                    4
                    Never mind that they'd warp in sunlight or decompose in mere weeks.
                    Internecine
                    5
                    If a battery heats up beyond 80C, the components start to decompose.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    On sandy land the manure will decompose more rapidly and act quicker.
                    Talks on Manures / A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Betw...
                    7
                    The clay-land farmer should use his best endeavors to decompose his manure.
                    Talks on Manures / A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Betw...
                    8
                    When proteins decompose their nitrogen content is normally released as ammonia gas.
                    Organic Gardener's Composting
                    9
                    Salts from animal and vegetable bodies decompose each other, except marine salt.
                    The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
                    10
                    They knew neither how to decompose sounds, nor to appreciate their relations.
                    The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
                    11
                    Being an endothermic substance, acetylene is prone to decompose into its elements-
                    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use / A Practica...
                    12
                    However, buried materials decompose, leaving a film of carbon as a fossil.
                    Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
                    13
                    Do you know how long it takes an idea to decompose?
                    Wired
                    14
                    Our product can decompose within between six months to two years after disposal.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    Undiscovered they decompose for six days in the changeable coastal weather.
                    The Guardian
                    16
                    The fetid reek was exactly that of corpses left to decompose after battle.
                    Blood and Bone
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                    Decompose through the time
                    Decompose across language varieties
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