putrefy in the PONS Dictionary

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He wrote in his journal that it was putrefying.
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A seven-foot-tall, slime-covered heap of putrefying protoplasm slithers across the floor on its tentacles.
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The previous occupants had left the premises in an indescribable state, with excrement, putrefying food and other unmentionable rubbish littering every foot of floor.
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He was so disturbing; it was like he was putrefying or something.
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It was one of the year's first warm evenings, and the faint, sweet whiff of putrefying garbage filled the air.
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Journalists have proven themselves to be the true scavengers, with not a hint of hesitation at feeding at putrefying stories that were better buried long ago.
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Putrefying bacteria is one of the main processes in the nitrogen cycle; other than putrefying bacteria there are denitrifying bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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I am not talking about a "fishy" smell -- a ghastly, stale, putrefying smell of fish past its best.
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Away from the plastic and putrefying conditions in the cities.
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The body shall putrefy unto its innermost recesses and shall give off a noisome stench...
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