Putrefactive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Putrefactive is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
Example Sentences
And scattered about it, some in their overturned war-machines, some in the now rigid Handling Machines, and a dozen of them stark and silent and laid in a row, were the Martians—dead!—slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; […]
Synonyms for putrefactive
Depending on context, synonyms include putrefacient, septic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include putrefacient, septic, saprogenic, fermentative, petrifactive, degradative.
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