Antonyms for decomposition
-kɒm pəˈzɪʃ ənde·com·po·si·tion

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1. decomposition

   Antonyms:
   coalition, combination, conjunction, junction, juncture, oneness, unification, union, unity

   Synonyms:
   analysis, contrariety, disconnection, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, division, divorce, schism, separation, severance

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Decay
   • Organic Phenomenon
   • Vector Algebra

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1. decomposition, vector decompositionnoun

   the analysis of a vector field

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, vector decomposition, chemical decomposition reaction, decay, putrefaction, rot, rotting, decomposition reaction

2. decomposition, disintegrationnoun

   in a decomposed state

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, vector decomposition, chemical decomposition reaction, decay, annihilation, dissolution, radioactive decay, putrefaction, rot, rotting, decomposition reaction

3. decomposition, decomposition reaction, chemical decomposition reactionnoun

   (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, vector decomposition, chemical decomposition reaction, decay, putrefaction, rot, rotting, decomposition reaction

4. decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefactionnoun

   (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, bunkum, hogwash, decomposition reaction, guff, chemical decomposition reaction, decay, bunk, degeneracy, buncombe, rotting, depravity, vector decomposition, depravation, corruption, rot, disintegration

5. decay, decompositionnoun

   the organic phenomenon of rotting

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, chemical decomposition reaction, putrefaction, radioactive decay, vector decomposition, decline, rot, rotting, decay, decomposition reaction

How to use decomposition in a sentence?

1. Bill Bennett:

   For a child's life to be successful, the forces of composition have to be greater than the forces of decomposition.

2. Joe McCann:

   … There was so much decomposition and there was nothing, but bones left, she was skeletonized basically … But I think based on the crime scene, what it looked like and what items were recovered — it was pretty consisted with her having been murdered at that site.

3. Pat Stayton:

   Both of the dogs reacted to the trunk of the silver Nissan that the defendant had driven and that the blue laundry basket was recovered from, indicating that the dogs were responding to the scent of human decomposition in the vehicle.

4. Marion Barber II:

   He was real specific in his will that he didn’t want that, we are going to respect that. But in the condition his body was in, according to the examiner, that probably would have been a moot point because of the decomposition.

5. Leuven PhD student Elien Rosier:

   We sampled the remains during six months of decomposition and we could identify 452 different compounds, from all those compounds we searched for human specific compounds using principal component analysis and we could identify a combination of eight compounds that were specific for human and pig remains.

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