We slowly putrefy.
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Putrefy
//ˈpjutɹəfaɪ//
Synonyms for "putrefy" (37 found)
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20 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- гангренясвам verb (to become gangrenous)
- гния verb (become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance)
- разлагам се verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻohāpopopo verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
Irish
1 entries- morg verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
Māori
4 entries- māhī verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
- māī verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
- whakaero verb (become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance)
- whakaero verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
Tamil
1 entries- அழுகு verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гнити verb (to reach an advanced stage of decomposition)
- гноїтися verb (become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance)
- загноюватися verb (become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance)
- загноїтися verb (become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance)
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In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.
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to putrefy an ulcer or wound
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Private suits do putrefy the public good.
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