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  • verb Present participle of decompose.

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Examples

  • It is formed by the slow hydrolysis of fats in decomposing material such as a human cadaver by action of anaerobic bacteria ...

    Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • It is formed by the slow hydrolysis of fats in decomposing material such as a human cadaver by action of anaerobic bacteria ...

    A Bit of Soap Heather McDougal 2009

  • The body of her other son, was "decomposing" at another morgue, the paper reported.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • We amend the soil with organic material such as decomposing leaves or compost from the piles at the edge of the yard.

    Columnist: Keith Groller 2010

  • We amend the soil with organic material such as decomposing leaves or compost from the piles at the edge of the yard.

    Columnist: Keith Groller 2010

  • Billions of tonnes of methane, which comes from natural sources such as decomposing vegetation and marshland, are stored in the frozen lands of Siberia,

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

  • Most of them are saprobes, they absorb dead organic material, such as decomposing flesh.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Billions of tonnes of methane, which comes from natural sources such as decomposing vegetation and marshland, are stored in the frozen lands of Siberia,

    IOL: News 2009

  • Billions of tonnes of methane, which comes from natural sources such as decomposing vegetation and marshland, are stored in the frozen lands of Siberia,

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Billions of tonnes of methane, which comes from natural sources such as decomposing vegetation and marshland, are stored in the frozen lands of Siberia,

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

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