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fester
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of fester (Entry 2 of 2)
to go through decomposition
- a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields
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Phrases Synonymous with fester
- fall apart,
- go to seed
- (or run to seed)
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The first known use of fester was in the 14th century
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