Sentence example with the word 'putrefy'

putrefy

break down, corrupt, decay, disintegrate, fester, go off, mold, moulder, rankle, spoil, turn

Definition v. become putrid

Last update: November 23, 2016


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In the early process for extracting the oil the livers were allowed to putrefy in wooden tubs, when oils of two qualities, one called "pale oil," and the other "light brown oil," successively rose to the surface and were drawn off.   [Please select]

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The cricket is paralysed without being killed; its flesh does not putrefy, and yet it makes no movement.   [verb]

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It is unable in this way to amass in advance sufficient provision for its larvæ; the corpses would putrefy.   [verb]

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The corpse thus sheltered from contact with the air does not putrefy.   [Please select]

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But marshes that are stagnant and have no outlets either by rivers or ditches, like the Pomptine marshes, merely putrefy as they stand, emitting heavy, unhealthy vapours.   [Please select]

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We had to draw it for everybody from one deep hole, and probably rats, mice, lizards, and other small animals had fallen in and been drowned, and allowed to remain and putrefy.   [Please select]

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