verb (v)

• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  break down, break up
  

  source: wordnet30
• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  decay, disintegrate
  

  source: wordnet30
• break down(verb.change)

  Example:
  The bodies decomposed in the heat.
  

  Synonym:
  molder, moulder, rot
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.(verb)

  source: webster1913