Putrefying

verb

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Verb

1
present participle and gerund of putrefy form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

decay fester rot break down break up canker

Example

"The kennel was stagnant and filthy. The very rats, which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness, were hideous with famine."

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