0 to decay, producing a strong, unpleasant smell: --
The body had putrefied beyond recognition.
1 to decay, producing a strong, unpleasant smell --
The two compounds are largely responsible for the foul odor of putrefying flesh, but also contribute to the odor of such processes as bad breath and bacterial vaginosis.
Vepar can make men die in three days by putrefying sores and wounds, causing worms to breed in them, but if requested by the conjurer he can heal them immediately.
Vepar can make men die in three days by putrefying sores and wounds, causing worms to breed in them, but if requested by the conjurer she can heal them immediately.
The people preferred to leave the bodies to putrefy because the bodies were easier to carve up.
If stored, it must be used within a very short time or it will begin to putrefy due to the organic solids in the water.
The body shall putrefy unto its innermost recesses and shall give off a noisome stench...
Putrefying bacteria is one of the main processes in the nitrogen cycle; other than putrefying bacteria there are denitrifying bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Away from the plastic and putrefying conditions in the cities.