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putrefied

verb

Meaning

  1. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
  2. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
  3. To become gangrenous.
  4. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
  5. To corrupt; to make foul.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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