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  • 111decayed — [adj] rotten, falling apart addled, bad, carious, carrion, corroded, decomposed, effete, gangrenous, moldered, overripe, perished, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, riddled, rotted, ruined, spoiled, wasted, withered; concept 485 Ant.… …

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  • 112putrid — [adj] rotten, stinking bad, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, high, malodorous, moldered, nidorous, noisome, off, putrefied, rancid, rank, reeking, rotting, smelly, spoiled, strong, tainted, whiffy*; concepts 485,598 Ant.… …

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  • 113rancid — [adj] rotten, strong smelling bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome,… …

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  • 114putrefaction — putrefy ► VERB (putrefies, putrefied) ▪ decay or rot and produce a fetid smell. DERIVATIVES putrefaction noun. ORIGIN Latin putrefacere, from puter rotten …

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  • 115putrefy — ► VERB (putrefies, putrefied) ▪ decay or rot and produce a fetid smell. DERIVATIVES putrefaction noun. ORIGIN Latin putrefacere, from puter rotten …

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  • 116putrefy — [pyo͞o′trə fī΄] vt., vi. putrefied, putrefying [ME putrifien < L putrefacere: see PUTRID & FY] to make or become putrid or rotten; decompose SYN. DECAY putrefier n …

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  • 117rotten — [rät′ n] adj. [ME roten < ON rotinn < IE * reud < base * reu , to tear, rip open (> RUDE): prob. used orig. of flax left to soak and rot] 1. in a decayed or decomposed state; spoiled, putrefied, tainted, etc. 2. having a bad odor… …

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  • 118septic tank — n. an underground tank for receiving waste matter to be putrefied and decomposed through bacterial action …

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  • 119sapraemia — noun blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter • Syn: ↑sapremia • Hypernyms: ↑sepsis * * * sapraemia /sap rēˈmi ə/ noun (Gr haima blood) blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins of… …

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  • 120sapremia — noun blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter • Syn: ↑sapraemia • Hypernyms: ↑sepsis * * * sapremic, adj. /seuh pree mee euh/, n. Pathol. blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial… …

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