Usually means: Breaks down into simpler substances.
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  1. decomposes: Merriam-Webster
  2. decomposes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. decomposes: Vocabulary.com
  4. decomposes: Wordnik
  5. decomposes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. decomposes: Wiktionary
  7. decomposes: Dictionary.com
  8. decomposes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. decomposes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. decomposes: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decomposes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See decompose as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (decompose)

verb:  (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components.
verb:  (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.
▸ Also see decompose


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