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stench

noun as in foul odor

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Ben described opening the door to a stench so bad that one of the men helping him was sick inside his mask.

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The governor scoffs, “man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.”

There was no water, and the stench of the latrine was unbearable.

But as the Yankees sat at their lockers in stunned silence Wednesday night, trying to process the stench of yet another October disappointment, a disquieting reality began to set in.

When Chesson made it home to Richmond, Va. after her exposure, her husband, Patrick Hill, noticed a chemical-like stench radiating from his partner that lasted for weeks.

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

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