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putrefy

Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːtrɪfʌɪ/

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Definition of putrefy

verb (putrefies, putrefying, putrefied)

[no object]

(of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell: the body was beginning to putrefy (as adjective putrefying)the stench of putrefying corpses