when a bad smell can be felt in a big open area

I want to express that a bad smell can be felt in a big open area.

How can I complete this sentence?

He stepped out in the yard. The stench of some dead animal...

alpacinoutd said:

I want to describe how a bad odor can be smelled/smelt in a big open area.

How can I complete this sentence?

He stepped out in the yard. The stench of some dead animal...

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That's good.

Charlie Bernstein said:

That's good.

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I actually want to learn some ways to complete this sentence:

He stepped out in the yard. The stench of some dead animal...

... pervaded the whole area.

was everywhere

. . . assaulted his nasal passages as if eleven putrifying skunk corpses had been fired point-blank into his nostrils via the agency of a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

Just eleven?