Her body would decompose into its components in the natural way.

No one showed up to claim her, but the body wasn't decomposing, either - supposedly an effect of the poison.

The body had decomposed to such an extent that it was impossible to determine a cause of death.

There was no coffin and the body had badly decomposed.

His body will slowly decompose in this hard, poisonous place.

They knew that when a body decomposed, it made the crops grow.

In this case, the body will not fully decompose, possibly for thousands of years.

He said that identification was difficult because their bodies had decomposed.

Most bodies decomposed quickly in the murky water, and no connection was ever made to them.

A body out there even on the second floor of a house could decompose within a few years.