Festering and Poisoned

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Festering noun - The process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances.

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Poisoned and festering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poisoned" instead an adjective "Festering".

Nearby Words: fester, festered

Poisoned adjective - Containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing.

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Festering and poisoned are semantically related. You can use "Festering" instead an adjective "Poisoned".

Nearby Words: poison, poisonous, poisoning, poisoner

Chiron the centaur was gifted with immortality, but was allowed to renounce it when accidentally shot by Hercules: the arrow, poisoned with the Hydra's bile, caused an unhealing, festering wound, unable to kill the centaur but causing him constant agony.

Source: Immortality Hurts

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