putrefaction
/ˌpjutrəˈfækʃən/
noun
- The process of decaying or rotting, especially of organic matter.
- Forensic scientists study the stages of putrefaction to estimate time of death.
- Putrefaction of food can be slowed by refrigeration.
- The smell of putrefaction filled the abandoned house where an animal had died.
- A state of moral decay or corruption.
- The scandal revealed the putrefaction at the heart of the organization.
- He saw the putrefaction of values in a world obsessed with wealth.
- The novel describes the putrefaction of society under a tyrannical regime.
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