Synonyms for rotting
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1. decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefactionnoun

   (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, bunkum, hogwash, decomposition reaction, guff, chemical decomposition reaction, decay, bunk, degeneracy, buncombe, depravity, vector decomposition, depravation, decomposition, corruption, rot, disintegration

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1. • Biology
   • Decay

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1. List of paraphrases for "rotting":

   decaying, decomposing, dripping

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1. Mahmad Ismael:

   Three dead bodies were rotting outside our home for three days, but it was too dangerous to get them. The Taliban is attacking on one side. The government is attacking the other side. In the middle we are just losing, we just want peace. We need peace. We don't care who's the ruler... People said that when America withdraws there would be peace in Afghanistan but then they withdrew and the war got worse.

2. Victoria Abbott-Fleming:

   There were thousands of them. I felt physically sick. I felt dirty, like I had rotting flesh. I wanted my leg off there and then.

3. James Sherman:

   Some people aren’t ready to see that yet, it’s literally people’s flesh rotting, and you can smell it.

4. Paul Hetherington:

   The vast majority of slugs and snails feed on dead or rotting vegetation so I wouldn't call them the gardener's pest, they get a bad press.

5. Jeff Scott:

   For the last three weeks, table grapes have been experiencing lengthy delays at port. There are about 400 or 500 containers that are taking between five and 10 days longer than normal to be cleared, the fruit is in cold storage so it’s not rotting but shipments are being moved from port to port to try and avoid delays and Australian farmers will be liable for that costs.