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  1. festering, suppuration, maturationnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    suppuration, ontogenesis, sanies, ripening, growth, ichor, growing, purulence, ontogeny, pus, maturation, maturement, development

  2. pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festeringnoun

    a fluid product of inflammation

    Synonyms:
    purulency, suppuration, sanies, ichor, purulence, pus, maturation

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  1. festeringadjective

    Synonyms:
    suppurating, maturating, rankling

  2. festeringnoun

    Synonyms:
    suppuration, maturation, ulceration, fester, rankling

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  1. Jessica Vaughan:

    I think they don't want to be seen issuing a report that no matter how they spin it points to a dramatic drop in enforcement of immigration laws at the same time there's this festering crisis at the border.

  2. Attorney General Bill Barr:

    Some people would probably disagree with what I told him, but I did lay a lot of it on gang activity, my basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.

  3. Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer:

    Given my desire to resolve a festering issue, I tried to find a way that would prevent the president from further involvement while trying all avenues to get Gallaghers file in front of a peer-review board, why? The Naval Special Warfare [NSW]community owns the Trident pin, not the secretary of the Navy, not the defense secretary, not even the president.If the review board concluded that Gallagher deserved to keep it, so be it.

  4. Jennifer McClellan:

    I think this is a first step in beginning the process to heal wounds that have been festering for 400 years, now we can finally begin the process of healing that wound. This can not be the only step.

  5. Bill Barr:

    My basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.


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