putrefied

Aristotle described them as “exceedingly fond of putrefied flesh.”

Mules killed in the assault putrefied and attracted swarms of maggots.

Other off-the-shelf fixes discourage pests by creating a “nasal irritation” or have an offensive taste with ingredients such as putrefied egg solids, garlic oil and hot pepper.

As a result, laboratory studies relied on putrefied tissue samples obtained from dead pupfish collected by National Park Service staff.

But Mali's army last week said its soldiers discovered a mass grave near Gossi after taking over the base, and that the putrefied state of the bodies showed the killings had occurred much earlier.