Definition of "putrescent" []

• Becoming putrid; putrefying. (adjective)
• Of or relating to putrefaction. (adjective)

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• "Commercial repellents use animal products, such as putrescent egg solids, to make the plants unappealing to deer."
• "The carcasses could not be allowed to decay naturally, Ms McKibbin said, because they were considered "putrescent" nuclear waste, and so were kept frozen until they could be disposed of in a special landfill facility on the site."
• "Ash pronounced which he has no way to know how many were strike by ikee, though he can guess which the some-more than the primary 100 which were directly putrescent from his iPhone."