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stench

/stɛnt͡ʃ/ noun C1
  1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
  2. A foul quality. (figuratively) · the stench of political corruption

Plural stenches

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The foul stench permeated every corner of the suffocated city, creating an inescapable and profoundly debilitating ordeal for both the affluent and the impoverished.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2
This unfortunate proximity subjected the nation's lawmakers to the full, unadulterated force of the intolerable stench.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2

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