putrefy

Aristotle described them as “exceedingly fond of putrefied flesh.”

Mules killed in the assault putrefied and attracted swarms of maggots.

Other off-the-shelf fixes discourage pests by creating a “nasal irritation” or have an offensive taste with ingredients such as putrefied egg solids, garlic oil and hot pepper.

A: Obviously, meat will putrefy and smell awful.

“She fired Mr. Schroeder?” he said, sounding stunned, like his whole world was putrefying faster than the curdled chocolate milk he’d almost just drunk.