Definition of "suppurate" []

• To form or discharge pus. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Even a small nick in the skin, treated thus, could quickly suppurate into a lethal infection."
• "Scot, "Evans is the chief anxiety right now; his cuts and wounds suppurate, his nose looks very bad, and altogether he shows considerable signs of being played out.""
• "I always enjoy the comments more when I have to look up words but I might have been able to get through the day without knowing the definition of suppurate."