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