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putrefy

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/ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/ English

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verb

  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.“to putrefy an ulcer or wound”

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