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putrefaction

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of putrefaction

the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances

  • clearing the refrigerator of what the previous tenant had left behind was like taking a course in the advanced putrefaction of leftovers
Synonyms of putrefaction

breakdown, corruption, decay, decomposition, festering, putrescence, rot, spoilage
Words Related to putrefaction

crumbling, disintegration, dissolution

curdling, fermentation, moldering, souring
Near Antonyms of putrefaction

growth, maturation, ripening

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