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Antonyms for putrescence

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pyoo-tres-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : pyuˈtrɛs ənt

Definition of putrescence

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Latin putrescentem (nominative putrescens), present participle of putrescere "grow rotten, moulder, decay," inchoative of putrere "be rotten" (see putrid).
  • noun decay
Example sentences :
  • He never soiled his pen in the putrescence of falsehood and incendiarism.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • An ignis fatuus, perhaps; a Jack-o'-lanthorn begotten of putrescence.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • The air was full of putrescence and the strong odour of foul mud.
  • Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson
  • The waysides were strewn with dead bodies in every state of putrescence.
  • Extract from : « Heroines of the Crusades » by C. A. Bloss
  • The next indication is, to counteract the tendency to putrescence.
  • Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
  • What the larva of antiquity ate was live flesh and not putrescence.
  • Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
  • You would not have me for fear of pain perish in putrescence.
  • Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Boswell
  • Miss Van Tuyn was not going to allow herself to be influenced by the putrescence of Garstin's mind.
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
  • Where there is danger of putrescence, add a small quantity of powdered charcoal.
  • Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
  • The adults discovered in the company of their larval family, in this putrescence which was a Rat, are all abominably verminous.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre

Synonyms for putrescence

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