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putrefy
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PUTREFY
to go through decomposition <we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house>
Synonyms break down, corrupt, decompose, disintegrate, fester, foul, mold, molder, perish [chiefly British], putrefy, rot, spoil
Related Words sour, turn, turn off [British]; contaminate, defile, pollute, taint; addle, curdle, ferment; mortify; rust; crumble, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, dilapidate, sink, wither
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