decompose

IPA: dikʌmpˈoʊz

(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.
(intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.

Examples of "decompose" in Sentences

"decompose" into the three component colors of images.
But he did decompress, as opposed to decompose, which is how Jerry described George's summer plans.
With the working image loaded in the program, you will "decompose" the image into its component colors.
Surely the reason that corpses take longer to decompose is simply that mortuaries are now air conditioned as a matter of course.
All castle ruins tend to be open to the elements as most roofs were of wood and would have been the first things to decompose or burn in a razing.
In response, our human nature looks to break down or "decompose" the mega-Internet back down to human scale and in this sense the "mega-Internet" is indeed over.
Professor George Rossman, of the California Institute of Technology, said: "If you heat up the apatite, the hydroxyl ions will" decompose "and come out as water."
Chachas says no firm should ever be "too big to fail," and if the Risk Monitor believes the downside risk of an institution is too great, the regulator can "decompose" it.
The charcoal would go into the ground, increasing soil fertility, while the gas would be an effective energy source, making good use of detritus that would otherwise decompose, returning its carbon to the atmosphere.
The initial change in oxygen would be small, but as animals continued to breath and decompose, the oxygen would slowly get depleted, assuming there was some way to sustain animal life without plants in the food chain.