decomposing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of decomposingnext
as in decomposed

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decomposing

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verb

present participle of decompose
as in rotting
to go through decomposition detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state

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  1. rotting
  2. decaying
  3. disintegrating
  4. rotten
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  • The carnage is truly next-level, including one infamous scene in which Joey wades through a literal pool of bloody, rotting dead bodies—all victims of Abigail's ferocious killer instincts.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
  • There was a foul odor of something rotting.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of rotting
Verb
  • One common pattern in decaying democracies are attacks on judicial figures.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • During a boat ride into Trinity Bay, just outside of Houston, the team carefully tested 10 decaying offshore wells and found seven to be leaking combustible gas at the time.
    Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of decaying
Verb
  • Except—and for me, the difference is crucial—Akhtar employed his creativity and imagination to shape these source materials into an utterly original work of art, whereas the rapidly disintegrating McNeal employs a chatbot, which shapes the material into an uncannily precise act of mimesis.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • That will likely result in those protections disintegrating, Meyer said.
    J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of disintegrating
Adjective
  • Millennial comedians let rotten bureaucrats go unprotested.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
  • However, if the new Council commission ended up pushing rotten ideas like getting rid of term limits, then the mayor’s commission could issue their own proposals, which would automatically supersede the Council’s measures from the ballot.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of rotten
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