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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
Weak matches
Example Sentences
One of its rare corpse flowers is about to bloom, in all its putrescence.
I will never forgive McConnell for that piece of low handed political putrescence.
The putrescence comes from the molecule indole, which is in certain flowers like orange blossom and magnolia, as well as in excrement.
That's led to a thicker sludge of putrescence exploding from the infected boil on the rump of American culture.
And Ryan has rendered all this blown-up produce, in its health and putrescence, entirely in beads of different sizes, colors and materials.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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