Crossword clues for decomposing
decomposing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf. Discompose.] 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of decompose English)
WordNet
adj. becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave" [syn: moldering, mouldering]
Usage examples of "decomposing".
A rat or another small animal might be dead and decomposing inside the wall.
In this case, it was decomposing organic matter in the rough shape of a human being.
A distended and ominous shadow, as tortured as that of a fright figure in a fun house, rose along the landing wall: the puppetmaster and its decomposing marionette laboring stiffly but doggedly toward the top of the first flight of stairs.
Not the stench of flesh decomposing, but of a spirit hideously corrupted in a body still alive.
Underneath: a whiff of mildew, traces of powdered insecticide—and the subtle perfume of decomposing flesh, possibly a rodent that had died long ago and that was now but a scrap of leather and gray fur wrapped around papery bones.
Of course, he wouldn't be able to force her to confront, to touch, to kiss, and to settle down with her brother's decomposing remains before he killed her, as he'd dreamed of doing for several months.
For the most part the rain filled the woods with the pleasing fragrance of damp soil, but in low places and crannies the damp, decomposing vegetation smelled of rot.
In a flash, before he could make sense of it, that sinister apparition disintegrated into a thousand fluttering shapes that darted off in every direction, as if a dark phantom were decomposing into the rainy shadows and mist.
Aeronauts claimed to have seen his decomposing body flying past at twilight, even when his bones must have dropped to the ground long since.
And yet, as he walked in the faint light of the first level—taking in the smell of dust, and mildew, and decomposing paper—Pendergast felt a rare sense of peace.
But their decomposing bodies would serve to fertilize the land, and if the Thallonian Empire had to wait an additional century or so in order to take possession, well, we had all the time in the galaxy.
The swirling air smelled like a mixture of sulfur, blooming flowers, and decomposing filth.
So was the stench of decomposing bodies and the sight of rotting corpses, hanging from the moss-covered rafters.