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stench

noun as in foul odor

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The air was thick with the stench of a decomposing dog, left out to rot with no residents around to remove it.

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I’m quickly blessed with the stench of what smells like rotting meat.

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On summer nights the sound of laughter from pubs and bars wafts through his neighbourhood - but so does the stench of rubbish.

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Striker John Fashanu said the Wimbledon players did not shower or brush their teeth for a week before the game in an attempt to put Liverpool off with their stench.

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Antisemitism masquerading as anti-Zionism became perhaps subtler, but its stench remained, its ultimate objectives unchanged.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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