putrefy
verb
[ ˈpjuːtrɪfʌɪ ]
• (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.
• "the body was beginning to putrefy"
Similar:
decay,
rot,
decompose,
go bad,
go off,
perish,
spoil,
deteriorate,
fester,
moulder,
gangrene,
mortify,
necrose,
sphacelate,
Origin:
late Middle English: via French from Latin putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.
