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putrefiesverbpresent tense third-person singular of putrefy to go through decompositionwe traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house breaks down, corrupts, decays, decomposes, disintegrates, festers, fouls, molders, molds, perishes(chiefly British), rots, spoils sours, turns, turns off(British)contaminates, defiles, pollutes, taintsaddles, curdles, fermentsmortifiesrustscrumbles, declines, degenerates, descends, deteriorates, dilapidates, sinks, withers falls apart, goes to seed(or runs to seed) ages, develops, grows, matures, ripensrefreshes, renews, restorescleanses, purifiesassembles, composes, integratesameliorates, betters, improves, meliorates |