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Putrefy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cause to decay and have a foul odor. See Synonyms at decay.

v. To make gangrenous.

verb-intransitive. To become decayed and have a foul odor.

verb-intransitive. To become gangrenous.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

v. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

v. To become gangrenous.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

v. To corrupt; to make foul.

v. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

verb-intransitive. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To render putrid; cause to decay with an offensive odor; cause to become fetid by rotting. See putrefaction.

To make carious or gangrenous.

To corrupt; make foul or offensive.

Synonyms Decay, Corrupt, etc. See rot.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. become putrid; decay with an offensive smell

Word Usage

"* Dead bodies quickly putrefy and so become a health hazard to the living."

Verb Form

putrefied putrefies putrefying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

decay

Cross Reference

article http wikipedia on Gangrene

Variant

putrefied

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

corrupt rot decompose fester decay