Crossword-Solution: DECOMPOSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Decompose | v. t. | To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. |
| Decompose | v. i. | To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot. |
We have 42 clues for the answer “DECOMPOSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| separate into constituent elements or parts | 1 answer |
| SEPARATE into constituent parts | 1 answer |
| Resolve into constituent parts. | 1 answer |
| RESOLVE into constituent parts or elements | 1 answer |
| Musicians never retire, they just __ | 1 answer |
| Break down chemically | 3 answers |
| anatomise | 5 answers |
| Fester | 8 answers |
| mildew | 8 answers |
| factorise | 9 answers |
| DELIQUESCE | 11 answers |
| moulder | 13 answers |
| putrefy | 15 answers |
| Fall apart | 16 answers |
| Canker | 19 answers |
| Dissect | 20 answers |
| Corrode | 22 answers |
| Break down | 26 answers |
| ANALYSE | 26 answers |
| Erode | 34 answers |
| Contaminate | 37 answers |
| denature | 41 answers |
| dilapidate | 42 answers |
| Disintegrate | 43 answers |
| Deteriorate | 48 answers |
| perish | 50 answers |
| Fall (off) | 51 answers |
| Degrade | 52 answers |
| Eat | 56 answers |
| make unfit | 57 answers |
| Simplify | 57 answers |
| Crumble | 57 answers |
| Rot | 58 answers |
| break up | 65 answers |
| Decay | 65 answers |
| Dissolve | 70 answers |
| disunite | 71 answers |
| dismantle | 72 answers |
| Reduce | 72 answers |
| disjoin | 75 answers |
| Spoil | 78 answers |
| Detach | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DECOMPOSE (5)
Fielding tells us as much as he thought necessary to account for the actions of his creatures; he thought that each of these actions could be decomposed on the spot into a few simple personal elements, as we decompose a force in a question of abstract dynamics.
What is more, once these things wore out, they could be discarded just as they were, for they would in time decompose and return to the soil.
Even the carcass of a dead animal that is left exposed upon the ground to decompose does not moulder away by the usual process of decay, but what is left of the body after the hungry buzzards and coyotes have finished their feast, dries up into a mummy that lasts for years.
When the drum rotated, the friction of the pad carried the vibrating arm forward, but an electrical impulse coming over the line would decompose the chemical solution with which the drum was moistened, causing an effect similar to lubrication, and thus allowing the pad to slip backward freely in response to the pull of its retractile spring.
Most of the moving parts of the mechanism are comparatively heavy, and unless the current is of the proper strength to move them, the instrument is dumb, while in Bain's the solution requires a certain power of current to decompose it and leave the stain.
Quotes with DECOMPOSE (3)
I guess I think differently than most folks. I think the reason the world is a mystical, enchanting place, is because of the cycle of life. My body will decompose, but maybe some little element of it will be transformed into a particle of dirt, over years and years, and then a glorious flower will be nurtured by this particle of dirt. Then this flower will nourish a random bumblebee, who in turn will be eaten by a raven. So, in some future life, I'll be able to fly. I look fo…
The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when 'should be' gets crushed by what is.
If someone drowned at sea a couple of hundred years ago they’d either start to decompose immediately or they’d get eaten by fish or other scavengers. The bones would eventually sink down to the seabed and either be slowly buried by marine silt or broken down further over the years, but the flesh would one way or another eventually become water, which would evaporate into clouds and then rain down upon the earth once again to become plants and flowers. The flowers in your gard…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1959–2019).