Decompose can be categorized as a verb.
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| decompose - break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" | ||
| decompose - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | ||
| decompose - lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" |
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| 1. | verb | The Alaskan tundra, for instance, has switched from being a net sink of carbon dioxide -- absorbing and storing more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases -- to "being a net source of CO2 (releasing more carbon than is stored) because warmer winters have allowed dead plant matter previously stored in the soil to decompose and release CO2." | |
| 2. | verb | Rocks take time to decompose, especially quartz and feldspar. | |
| 3. | verb | Sami used some chemicals to get Layla's body to decompose quicker. | |
| 4. | verb | Didn't you know that bodies decompose? |
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| The Alaskan tundra, for instance, has switched from being a net sink of carbon dioxide -- absorbing and storing more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases -- to "being a net source of CO2 (releasing more carbon than is stored) because warmer winters have allowed dead plant matter previously stored in the soil to decompose and release CO2." |
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| Rocks take time to decompose, especially quartz and feldspar. | |
| Sami used some chemicals to get Layla's body to decompose quicker. | |
| Didn't you know that bodies decompose? | |