The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "decomposing":
ablative, biodegradable, corrosive, decomposable, degradable,
dilapidated, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating,
disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, erosive, moldering,
ravaged, resolvent, ruinous, separative, solvent, worn