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putrescence
noun as in decay
Strong matches
- 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
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Example Sentences
By the next day, without changing shape, it has turned a repulsive brown; presently it dissolves into noisome putrescence.
Rossetti thought that the "new French School," in which Whistler had been trained, was "simply putrescence and decomposition."
Miss Van Tuyn was not going to allow herself to be influenced by the putrescence of Garstin's mind.
Even Hegel said that wars invigorate humanity just as the storm preserves the sea from putrescence.
It is essentially bottomless, cancerous; a putrescence through the constitution of the people is indicated by this galled place.
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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to putrescence, such as: adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, and consumption.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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