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Dictionary Definition of Froth: Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.

In the context of the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, it's an allusion to the fact that soldiers' lungs were "corrupted" (i.e. contaminated or basically filled) with "froth" due to the enemy's use of poisonous gas (chlorine) that irritated the lungs and effectively caused its victims to choke on or drown in their own mucus secretions.

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