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Definition of putrefy verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

putrefy

verb

NAmE//ˈpyutrəˌfaɪ//

[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they putrefy

he / she / it putrefies

past simple putrefied

-ing form putrefying

to decay and smell very bad synonym rot The corpses were beginning to putrefy.

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