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putrefy

/ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/

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verb

To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.

Examples :

"The abandoned fruit began to putrefy, its sweet smell replaced by a foul odor and its flesh turning to a mushy, discolored mess. "

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verb

To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

Examples :

"The discarded apple core quickly putrefied in the sun. "

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verb

To become gangrenous.

Examples :

"The wound on his leg was infected and began to putrefy. "

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verb

To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

Examples :

"to putrefy an ulcer or wound"

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verb

To corrupt; to make foul.

Examples :

"The leftover food in the hot car will quickly putrefy if we don't take it out. "

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