as in rot
a pervasive moral or social decay
a society beset by moral gangrene
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Recent Examples of gangrene
In a case from just last year, a lawsuit alleges the then-resident suffered from deterioration of wounds and gangrene.
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Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
One of the more serious symptoms of diabetes is foot ulcers, which can go largely unnoticed, turn into a blister, and develop into gangrene or sepsis before requiring an amputation.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
The ulcerated area might be getting so little blood that the tissue itself begins to die, known as gangrene.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Md, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
At one site in Lancaster, a 69-year-old man being treated for gangrene died after a nurse gave him a four-drug cocktail that included the painkiller Norco and the sedative Ativan, state investigators reported.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
One of the more serious symptoms of diabetes is foot ulcers, which can go largely unnoticed, turn into a blister, and develop into gangrene or sepsis before requiring an amputation.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
The ulcerated area might be getting so little blood that the tissue itself begins to die, known as gangrene.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Md, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
At one site in Lancaster, a 69-year-old man being treated for gangrene died after a nurse gave him a four-drug cocktail that included the painkiller Norco and the sedative Ativan, state investigators reported.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangrene
Noun
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Drainage issues can also lead to moisture problems and wood rot.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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Roborock Robot Vacuum and Mop Deal The Roborock Qrevo is for the elite couch-rot enthusiasts, featuring 8,000Pa HyperForce suction and an all-in-one dock that empties the dust, refills the water, and even washes and dries the mopping pads.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Years later, drawn into a covert network of operatives and manipulated through a web of corruption, Clay must decide whether to become the weapon he was shaped to be or dismantle the system from within.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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He was also charged in another foreign corruption case in the same court in late 2024.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Recognizing evil isn’t always so easy.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In Times of Dragons [Universal/Fontana] Dealing with demons is nothing new for Tori Amos, but on her 18th studio album, there’s little that’s figurative about the struggle between human good and Trumpian evil.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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The development solves the long-standing issues of material degradation and leakage (crossover) by re-engineering the iron complex at the molecular level.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dark glass bottles protect the oil from light degradation, which breaks down the compounds responsible for those benefits.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But does the vitality mask the squalor or the squalor the vitality?—
SPIN Team,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
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And while these tenants paid their rent month after month, some of them up to $900 a month to live in squalor.—
Nikki DeMentri,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Following this tendency might finally cure us not only of indigestion but also the ancient immorality of eating other organisms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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Consider this evilmeister’s brazen acts of treason and revenge, unbounded deceit, swinish immorality and negative role modeling.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Woe to those who manipulate religion in the very name of God or their own military, economic or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Javadi isn’t the only one who can read her co-workers for absolute filth.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Gangrene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangrene. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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