Verb

• S: (v) decompose, break up, break down (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
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• S: (v) separate (divide into components or constituents) "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
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• W: (n) decomposition [Related to: decompose] ((chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance)
• W: (n) breakdown [Related to: break down] ((biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action)
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• Somebody ----s somebody
• Something ----s something
• 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"