| VERB | change | decompose, break up, break down | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | decompose, disintegrate, decay | lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | |
| change | decompose, rot, molder, moulder | break down |
| Sounds | diy.kahmpow'z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | |
| Meaning | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | break up, break down | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | crack | Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking |
| digest | soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture | |
| dissociate | To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms | |
| Broader | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| Spanish | descomponer | |
| Catalan | descompondre | |
| Nouns | decomposition | (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance |
| Meaning | Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | disintegrate, decay | |
| Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Similar to | disintegrate | Cause to undergo fission or lose particles |
| Spanish | descomponerse, desintegrarse, deteriorarse, pudrirse | |
| Catalan | descompondre's, desintegrar-se, deteriorar-se, podrir-se | |
| Meaning | break down. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The bodies decomposed in the heat" | |
| Synonyms | rot, molder, moulder | |
| Narrower | biodegrade | break down naturally through the action of biological agents |
| hang | suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste | |
| Broader | decay | Undergo decay or decomposition |
| Spanish | corromperse, corromper, descomponerse, descomponer, desintegrarse, hacerse polvo, podrir, pudrirse, pudrir | |
| Catalan | corrompre's, descompondre's, podrir | |
| Nouns | decomposition | the organic phenomenon of rotting |
| decomposition | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | |
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