decompose (decomposes 3rd person present) (decomposing present participle) (decomposed past tense & past participle )When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay. verb
(=rot, decay)
...a dead body found decomposing in a wood... V
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decomposed adj
The body was too badly decomposed to be identified at once.