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Antonyms for putrefaction
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pyoo-truh-fak-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpyu trəˈfæk ʃən |
Definition of putrefaction
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French putrefaction (14c.), from Latin putrefactionem (nominative putrefactio), noun of action from past participle stem of putrefacere "to make rotten," from putrere "to be rotten" (see putrid) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
- noun decay
- Finding no matter liable to putrefaction to work on, it acts upon the best qualities of the flour, which it alters and corrupts.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- The pews of the congregation are raised upon foundations of putrefaction.
- Extract from : « The Stranger in France » by John Carr
- But he did not and he could not know the meaning of putrefaction itself.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- It is the month of July, and the weather is favourable to putrefaction.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- It was cold and stiff, and putrefaction had already begun its work.
- Extract from : « In Court and Kampong » by Hugh Clifford
- So ripe olives, when they are next to putrefaction, then are they in their proper beauty.
- Extract from : « Meditations » by Marcus Aurelius
- Then we are to find out if that air be generated by putrefaction.
- Extract from : « On the uncertainty of the signs of murder in the case of bastard children » by William Hunter
- An abominable odor, the stench of putrefaction, greeted my nostrils.
- Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 12 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
- Is the putrefaction of my filthy old carcase on the wind yet?
- Extract from : « Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent » by William Carleton
- This is apparent to the senses in animals generated from putrefaction.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
Synonyms for putrefaction
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- crumbling
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- perishing
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- wasting
- wasting away
- withering
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