Learn DECOMPOSITION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
1. Beyond a certain limit no mechanical disruption of the body could hasten the process of decomposition.
2. Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.
3. Scavenger plays an important role in the ecosystem by contributing to the decomposition of dead animal remains.
4. Weathering is the decomposition of rocks, soils and their minerals through direct contact with the Earth's atmosphere.
5. The masses regarded these beds of decomposition, these monstrous cradles of death, with a fear that was almost religious.
Meanings and Examples of DECOMPOSITION |