putrefactive
putrefactive adjective: of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
Adjective
putrefactive (comparative more putrefactive, superlative most putrefactive)
- Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
- 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; […]1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Dead London”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book II (The Earth under the Martians), page 282
Forms of putrefactive
| comparative | more putrefactive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most putrefactive |
Words formed from putrefactive
Words that rhyme with putrefactive
- active
- inactive
- reactive
- attractive
- extractive
- protractive
- abstractive
- factive
- hyperactive
- interactive
- radioactive
- subtractive
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Questions about putrefactive
- What does putrefactive mean?
- Putrefactive means of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
- What part of speech is putrefactive?
- Putrefactive is an adjective.
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