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putrefaction n. [
rot] a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
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putrefaction n. [
decomposition, rot, rotting] (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
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putrefaction n. [
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity] moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefac
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