Rocks take time to decompose, especially quartz and feldspar.
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Decompose
//ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz//
Synonyms for "decompose" (114 found)
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9 entriesderived from
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1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَحَلَّلَ verb (to decay)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разглобявам verb (to separate)
- разлагам се verb (to decay)
Catalan
2 entries- descompondre verb (to separate)
- descompondre verb (to decay)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分解 verb (to separate)
- 腐爛 /腐烂 verb (to decay)
Czech
1 entries- rozložit verb (to separate)
Dutch
4 entries- ontbinden verb (to separate)
- ontbinden verb (to decay)
- vergaan verb (to decay)
- verrotten verb (to decay)
Estonian
2 entries- kõdunema verb (to decay)
- lagundama verb (to separate)
Finnish
4 entries- hajottaa verb (to separate)
- lahota verb (to decay)
- maatua verb (to decay)
- mädäntyä verb (to decay)
French
2 entries- décomposer verb (to separate)
- se décomposer verb (to decay)
Galician
1 entries- descompor verb (to separate)
German
4 entries- dekomponieren verb (to separate)
- desintegrieren verb (to separate)
- sich zersetzen verb (to decay)
- teilen verb (to separate)
Greek
3 entries- αποσυντίθεμαι verb (to decay)
- λιώνω verb (to decay)
- σαπίζω verb (to decay)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻohāpopopo verb (to decay)
Hindi
2 entries- अपघटन verb (to decay)
- विघटन verb (to separate)
Hungarian
1 entries- lebomlik verb (to decay)
Italian
2 entries- decomporre verb (to separate)
- decomporsi verb (to decay)
Japanese
4 entries- ばらす verb (to separate)
- 分解する verb (to separate)
- 分解する verb (to decay)
- 腐る verb (to decay)
Māori
1 entries- whakapirau verb (to separate)
Polish
4 entries- rozkładać verb (to separate)
- rozkładać się verb (to decay)
- rozpadać się verb (to decay)
- rozłożyć verb (to separate)
Portuguese
3 entries- decompor verb (to separate)
- decompor verb (to decay)
- descompor verb (to separate)
Romanian
2 entries- descompune verb (to separate)
- descompune verb (to decay)
Russian
4 entries- разбира́ть verb (to separate)
- разлага́ть verb (to separate)
- разлага́ться verb (to decay)
- разложи́ть verb (to separate)
Spanish
2 entries- descomponer verb (to separate)
- descomponerse verb (to decay)
Tagalog
1 entries- maagnas verb (to decay)
Turkish
1 entries- sasımak verb (to decay)
Ukrainian
4 entries- розбирати verb (to separate)
- розкла́сти verb (to separate)
- розкла́стися verb (to decay)
- розклада́ти verb (to separate)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Sami used some chemicals to get Layla's body to decompose quicker.
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Didn't you know that bodies decompose?
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Ziri's body started to decompose.
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