festering


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Synonyms for festering

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for festering

(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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RIYADH: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has urged US President Barack Obama to "impose" a solution on the festering Arab-Israeli conflict if necessary, a Saudi newspaper said on Sunday.
Over time, toxic vapors created by the festering contamination make their way through porous foundations and basement walls polluting the living environments within the building.
We couldn't resist a finer grained partisanship and, just as the old convenience of international communism broke down to reveal festering religious and ethnic paranoias, new architecture broke down into Po-Mo, High-Tech, Rat, De-Con, Neo-Mod and ...
Epilogos Charities says waste removal is a major problem in the village and the bins will dramatically decrease diseases caused by festering garbage.
An infected cut on her left foot had turned into a persistent, festering wound.
That nasty, festering splotch returns because it's caused by a virus called herpes simplex type 1.
Still, Silverman's words and her tale beckon, an immersion we all need if we, as society, are ever to begin cleansing this festering, hidden wound that surrounds us in silent horror.
In this book, the writer explores three particularly unsavory conflicts festering in out-of-the-way places: endemic violence in Sierra Leone; the unending bloodletting in Chechnya; and a little Pacific horror called Bougainville.
DUNCAN FERGUSON'S race row with Luis Boa Morte must be resolved soon before it becomes a festering wound,one of Britain's top black politicians insisted last night.
IT'S ironic how emotional tugs-of-war festering through the season of peace and love send people streaming into counselling sessions in droves.
Macroeconomic results under those currency regimes, however, were mixed, and both left fundamental economic troubles festering. Poverty-driven rioting in 1989 killed hundreds in Caracas; in 1996, the banking system collapsed.
For one thing, May 2004 is a very long time for such a damaging and divisive issue to be left festering and eating away at the fabric of the church.
There are places worth revisiting not to relive joyful memories, but to allow for the catharsis that comes from exposing festering wounds so that cleansing, and perhaps healing, can begin.
Desperately seeking to defuse a festering inter-religious controversy, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives made a surprise appointment in late March and named a Roman Catholic priest as House chaplain.