PUTREFACTION Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

putrefaction

noun

ˌpyü-trə-ˈfak-shən

Definition of putrefaction

as in decomposition

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

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Recent Examples of putrefaction Likely only dead individuals, floating as gases formed by putrefaction accumulated in body cavities, entered the lagoon. — David Bressan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 When the surgeons finally opened her with a piece of broken glass, the putrefaction was as warm as life. — Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 Here was an artist drawn irresistibly to executions and corpses, dismemberment and putrefaction. — airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024 Not the smell of putrefaction, though the novel is littered with rotting corpses. — Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for putrefaction

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Noun

Both bodies appeared to be in different stages of decomposition.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The body that was recovered in Olifantsfontein on Tuesday was found naked and in an advanced stage of decomposition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of decomposition

Noun

Turning from Howard Street, drivers could easily think Hamilton is just a squalid dead-end or a route to more decay.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
However, since a Higgs boson does not have a spin of its own, the two Z bosons formed during its decay cannot have any odd combinations of spins.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026