What is a synonym for "suppurate"?

Common synonyms include: fester, abscessed, abscesses, abscessing, break up, canker.

Suppurate

/ˈsʌpjəreɪt/ verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To form or discharge pus. intransitive
"Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies."
2
ripen and generate pus wordnet
3
To cause to generate pus. transitive
"to suppurate a sore"
4
cause to ripen and discharge pus wordnet

"Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies."

From Latin suppūrātus, past participle of suppūrō, from pūr-, stem of pūs.