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putrefied

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verb

past tense of putrefy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for putrefied
Adjective
  • Horrible Bosses When three friends — played by Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis — regroup after a terrible day at their respective jobs, the fed-up employees drunkenly conspire to murder their seriously rotten employers and attempt to follow through.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • He was once asked to accept a dead whale; another time, an entire shipping container of rotten garlic.
    Kyra Morris, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Woolf's remains were found unclothed and partially decomposed near the San Joaquin trailhead in Tucson in December 2024.
    Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The body had decomposed, but the uniform the person was wearing and other equipment was well-preserved, L’Adige reported.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Of the 20 dead cats, eight were too decayed for a necropsy exam, which determines the cause of death of a dead animal and any associated diseases or injuries.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The breakthrough came when researchers focused on coelomic fluid, the internal liquid surrounding the sea stars’ organs, rather than tissue from decayed specimens.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The wooden floor has rotted through, and only a few flimsy stairs remain attached to telephone poles, which once propped up the tower.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Our brains are irrevocably rotted.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Here’s how to get money for spoiled groceries when the food in your refrigerator is compromised during a power outage.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The President is a child who doesn't like his ego to be hurt, a spoiled child.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • These plans disintegrated in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in the taking of 251 hostages.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Before flight 10, Starship's most recent demonstration came on May 27, when the spacecraft spun out of control roughly halfway through its flight and disintegrated in a fireball.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Putrefied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putrefied. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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