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putrefy::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | decay |
| Derivation | putrefacient, putrefaction, putrefactive |
Examples of putrefy
putrefy
Decades of government inattention have allowed chronic problems to grow and fester and putrefy.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
And even bodies in the river tend to putrefy, making it difficult to predict how infective they might be.
From the economist.com
Corpses, left where they fell, putrefy in fields and farmyards amid the buzzing of flies and the howling of stray dogs.
From the time.com
Broken worms have a tendency to putrefy or petrify.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lambert's corpse rapidly began to putrefy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If acidity was low, digestion would be slower and the contents of a full stomach could putrefy, possibly killing the animal.
From the newscientist.com
The forklift will help with moving them, although it will not solve another problem, that soft tissue like fat tends to putrefy more quickly.
From the upi.com
The students are saturated in detail, in every blood, blister, nerve, bacterial and viral agent that will clot, choke and putrefy their bodily organs.
From the washingtonpost.com
Another theory is that the ants help clean the bottom of the pool by preventing a build-up of detritus, which could putrefy in the water.
From the newscientist.com
The tsunami washed in and then washed out, while the water from the hurricane has stayed, allowing bodies to putrefy, says Wickenheiser.
From the newscientist.com
The lack of protein in coffee husks means that they do not putrefy under moist conditions meaning the material would be safe in storage and during transportation.
From the sciencedaily.com
Tanning is the process which converts the protein of the raw hide or skin into a stable material which will not putrefy and is suitable for a wide variety of end applications.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"
- Putrefaction is the decomposition of animal proteins, especially by anaerobic microorganisms, described as putrefying bacteria. Decomposition is a more general process. Putrefaction usually results in amines such as putrescine and cadaverine, which have a putrid odor. ...
- To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance; To reach an advanced stage of decomposition; To become gangrenous
- (Putrefication) Souring of joint or topping compound. Syn: souring, smelling, spoiling.
- (v) - to rot, to decay
