4syllables
putrefying
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Definitions ofputrefying
1verb
- To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
- To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
- To become gangrenous.
- To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
Example: "to putrefy an ulcer or wound"
- To corrupt; to make foul.
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