Verb

• S: (v) decompose, break up, break down (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
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• S: (v) disintegrate, decay, decompose (lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current) "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
• S: (v) decompose, rot, molder, moulder (break down) "The bodies decomposed in the heat"
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• S: (v) decay (undergo decay or decomposition) "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
• S: (v) decompose, rot, molder, moulder (break down) "The bodies decomposed in the heat"
• S: (v) spoil, go bad (become unfit for consumption or use) "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
• S: (v) putrefy (become putrid; decay with an offensive smell) "organic matter putrefies"
• S: (v) deliquesce (melt away in the process of decay) "The fungi eventually deliquesced"
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