Decomposition n. : The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.

Decomposition n. : The state of being reduced into original elements.

Decomposition n. : Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.

Example:
What are natural ways that Decomposition has been slowed down or stopped?

Taxonomy
decomposition, body, stage, putrefaction, insects, soil, larvae, bone, decay, death, break down, human decomposition, bacteria, plant, insect activity, decomposition processes, stages of decomposition, bacterial decomposition.

Defination from the web:
decomposition generally is called taphonomy from the Greek word taphos - which means grave. Besides the two stages mentioned above, historically the progression of decomposition of the flesh of dead organisms has been viewed also as four ...