putrefies

verb

present tense third-person singular of putrefy
as in decomposes
to go through decomposition we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house

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  1. decomposes
  2. disintegrates
  3. rots
  4. decays
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  • Named for the Frenchman Joseph Fourier, the Fourier transform decomposes any function into a set of simple waves, each with a different frequency, or tone.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The research team enabled a room-temperature, four-electron chemical reaction path that forms and decomposes lithium oxide, which expands available energy storage.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Definition of decomposes
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  • Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of disintegrates
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  • Medicine shortages have worsened and food rots in fridges without power.
    — Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Parents used to tell their children that television rots the brain; now it’s considered a medium for legitimate art.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of rots
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  • Rituals are performed, oaths proposed and broken, and tensions escalate as the unburied body decays.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Control concentrated in one person dies with that person, decays with that person's judgment, and converts to cash the day that person takes a hard enough offer.
    — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of decays
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