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putrefactive

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pu·tre·fac·tive  (pytr-fktv)
adj.
1. Bringing about putrefaction.
2. Of, relating to, or characterized by putrefaction.
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Adj.1.putrefactive - causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
putrefacient
infected, septic - containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"


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--slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unpre- pared; slain as the red weed was being slain; slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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