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putrescence
synonyms for putrescence
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- putrefaction
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- wasting
- withering
- crumbling
- perishing
- wasting away
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How to use putrescence in a sentence
By the next day, without changing shape, it has turned a repulsive brown; presently it dissolves into noisome putrescence.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreRossetti thought that the "new French School," in which Whistler had been trained, was "simply putrescence and decomposition."
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellMiss Van Tuyn was not going to allow herself to be influenced by the putrescence of Garstin's mind.
December Love | Robert Hichens
Even Hegel said that wars invigorate humanity just as the storm preserves the sea from putrescence.
The Psychology of Nations | G.E. PartridgeIt is essentially bottomless, cancerous; a putrescence through the constitution of the people is indicated by this galled place.
Arrows of the Chace, v. 2 | John Ruskin
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