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decomposed

adjective as in decayed

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In the meantime, the police had used dental records to identity the less decomposed body as Laura Simonson.

He preferred the decomposed granite soil in the valley facing False Bay, claimed it, and named it Constantia.

Some 100,000 kilograms of decomposed corpses were transported to an estimated 30 secondary burial sites.

“The article appears to consist in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance,” noted the official report form.

But it was badly decomposed from the neck down because of the way it had been immersed in water for six weeks.

Indistinct specimens, apparently consisting of decomposed compact felspar.

Grey granite, consisting of brown and white mica, quartz, and a large proportion of felspar somewhat decomposed.

The gold cannot be decomposed: let a test be added, and the indestructible ore will re-appear.

He showed that the fustin-tannide could be decomposed by acetic acid into tannic acid and a glucoside, fustin C46H42O21.

The precipitate was filtered, washed, and decomposed by hydrogen sulphide in a mixture of water and ether.

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On this page you'll find 177 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decomposed, such as: addled, ruined, withered, corroded, moldered, and perished.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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