STENCH

stench

Noun

  1. a strong foul smell, a stink
  2. a foul quality
    the stench of political corruption
  3. A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Verb

  1. To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
  2. To stanch.


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