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Definition of "putrefying" [putrefying]

  • Present participle of putrefy. (verb)

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Use "putrefying" in a sentence
  • "Like some kind of putrefying zombie, the left just keeps resurrecting it."
  • "… The dead were hurled pell-mell into huge pits, hastily dug for the purpose, and putrefying bodies lay about everywhere in the houses and streets."
  • "What happens is that fecal matter builds up in your colon, causing an unvirtuous cycle: the more fecal matter that builds up, blocking the openings of the colon, the more fecal matter gets stuck up there, putrefying for years."
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