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putrefaction
noun
pu·tre·fac·tion ˌpyü-trə-ˈfak-shən 
Example Sentences
clearing the refrigerator of what the previous tenant had left behind was like taking a course in the advanced putrefaction of leftovers
Recent Examples on the Web In one somber composition, a pair of pumpkins, long past putrefaction, approach fossilization. 
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Decomposition brings with it gases and odors and scavengers, which can be disturbing and unpleasant for the living, but putrefaction itself is not a source of disease. Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021 The globe is smooth, the hand strokes its polished, multicolored surface, under the blue of distant waters and islands there is bleeding and putrefaction. Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 Such a consistent putrefaction pattern also comes as a surprise to others on the trail of early animal evolution. Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2010 The putrefaction of the university, and of elite American and European culture more generally, has made the task of rebuilding liberal institutions an urgent one. Bruce Gilley, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020 At its peak of putrefaction, the region featured more than two dozen horse-rendering plants, fish oil factories and garbage incinerators, turning Dead Horse Bay into one of New York’s most foul-smelling stretches of navigable water. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020 His job had been to excavate the bomb shelters and basements to remove the rotting corpses before the entire city started to stink of human putrefaction. Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020 All three methods delay the process of putrefaction. The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019 See More
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Decomposition brings with it gases and odors and scavengers, which can be disturbing and unpleasant for the living, but putrefaction itself is not a source of disease. Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021 The globe is smooth, the hand strokes its polished, multicolored surface, under the blue of distant waters and islands there is bleeding and putrefaction. Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 Such a consistent putrefaction pattern also comes as a surprise to others on the trail of early animal evolution. Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2010 The putrefaction of the university, and of elite American and European culture more generally, has made the task of rebuilding liberal institutions an urgent one. Bruce Gilley, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020 At its peak of putrefaction, the region featured more than two dozen horse-rendering plants, fish oil factories and garbage incinerators, turning Dead Horse Bay into one of New York’s most foul-smelling stretches of navigable water. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020 His job had been to excavate the bomb shelters and basements to remove the rotting corpses before the entire city started to stink of human putrefaction. Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020 All three methods delay the process of putrefaction. The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English putrefaccion, from Late Latin putrefaction-, putrefactio, from Latin putrefacere
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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