Suppurate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsʌpjəreɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Suppurate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
Meaning
(intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To cause to generate pus.
Example Sentences
to suppurate a sore
Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies.
The only difference being Bezos was worth $60.7bn, while Bloodworth and his fellow “associates” walked back at midnight to fetid digs “with heavy legs supporting suppurating feet which over the course of the day had puffed up half a size bigger”.
Word Forms
- suppurates
- suppurating
- suppurated
Synonyms for suppurate
Depending on context, synonyms include fester.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fester, quitter, digest, expurge, purge, depurate.
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