putrefy

/ˈpjutɹəfaɪ/verb
High School
1

To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.

2

To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.

3

To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

4

To become gangrenous.

5

To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

6

To corrupt; to make foul.

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