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What is the noun for putrefy?

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putrefaction
  1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
  2. Rotten material.
  3. The state of being rotten.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Just pop this disc in the player and you'll have all the putrefaction you could ask for.”
      “I already knew my hand had to be decomposing without circulation, but I wasn't sure how fast the putrefaction had advanced.”
      “The temperature was slightly elevated, the cadaver showed no sign of putrefaction.”
putrescence
  1. The condition of being putrid; decay
  2. Putrid matter
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Most episodes have a line or two that will just crack you up because of their putrescence.”
      “Afterward, they go to the adjacent market to buy oil and herbs to prepare a balm to anoint a body in putrescence.”
      “Altogether these produced a breakdown in the cellular structure of the body, evident in the putrescence of the flesh and bones of sufferers.”
putrilage
  1. That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
putrefactiveness
  1. The quality of being putrefactive.
putridity
  1. The state of being putrid.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “She takes on the putridity with all the imagination at her command to build something anew from the ruins.”
      “It is a disgusting bird, with its bald scarlet head formed to wallow in putridity.”
      “Boxing Helena is hereby pronounced guilty of abysmal putridity.”
putrification
putridness
  1. putridity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And cinematographer Affonso Beato captures the putridness of the place in ways that give shape to the accumulating dread.”
      “On the other hand, the Dolby Digital soundtracks are just fine and really enhance the overall putridness of Vanilla Ice and his band.”
      “The landscape — a hound's-tooth of greens and tans and browns, all swirling with dark water and putridness — was unlike anything I had seen.”
putrifications
  1. plural of putrification
putrefactions
putrescences
putridities
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