as in rot
a pervasive moral or social decay
a society beset by moral gangrene
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Recent Examples of gangrene
Weak or absent pulse Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Some people with severe arterial blockages develop chronic limb-threatening ischemia (insufficient blood flow), which can cause severe, constant pain, gangrene (tissue decay), and even limb loss (amputation).
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Alicen Nelson Md, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025
The leg developed gangrene and Bullock died nine days later during an operation to amputate it.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
They are typically used to treat decompression sickness for scuba divers, carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene and certain kinds of wounds or injuries that won't heal on their own, according to Johns Hopkins.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
This type of Raynaud’s is more likely to lead to serious complications like frostbite or gangrene.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
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Alicen Nelson Md, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025
The leg developed gangrene and Bullock died nine days later during an operation to amputate it.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
They are typically used to treat decompression sickness for scuba divers, carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene and certain kinds of wounds or injuries that won't heal on their own, according to Johns Hopkins.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
This type of Raynaud’s is more likely to lead to serious complications like frostbite or gangrene.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangrene
Noun
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The issues start when the seaweed washes ashore, rots and emits hydrogen sulfide.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
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John Heard and Daniel Stern lead a scrappy ensemble of skeptics, activists, and urban outcasts navigating a conspiracy that tunnels deep into institutional rot.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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The film's themes of corruption and the brave whistleblowers who expose it feel particularly apt in this current moment.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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In the early two-thousands, he was found to have misrepresented himself as a prosecutor to help a journalist investigate a mayor suspected of corruption; he was accused of having an extramarital affair; his son reportedly posted misogynistic comments online.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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With a visual style influenced by European fantasy and shonen anime, the series promises high-stakes action and emotional resonance as its heroes confront an ancient evil.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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Topics: Science & technology (24%), particularly good vs. evil, new technology, advanced science, and the workings of the universe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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In regions affected by conflict, natural disasters or climate degradation, these irreplaceable sites and items are in jeopardy.—
Sattie Persaud,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Both research teams documented severe performance degradation on problems requiring extended systematic reasoning.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2025
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The film’s sheer, unrelenting squalor can wear you down, too.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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Women gather together, all fully covered in the Islamic niqab, as hundreds of young children from strikingly diverse ethnic backgrounds wander through the squalor.—
Richard Engel,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Omari’s father, Hassan (J. Paul Nicholas), is the conservative Muslim governor of Mombasa, fond of attacking the immorality in nightclubs like the Moto Moto, where most of Goddess is set, though he’s withdrawn from his reelection campaign after an illness.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Yair Golan, a former Israeli deputy commander and chairman of the Democrats party in the Knesset, offered on Monday perhaps the strongest political rebuke of Netanyahu’s government yet, accusing the prime minister of leading the nation down a path of immorality and destruction.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2025
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But Wachter had a hunch that a great painting lay beneath the filth.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Residents of that Wilmington street petitioned and pleaded and then resorted to blocking off the street briefly to the trucks that shook the ground and spewed the filth through their neighborhood.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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“Gangrene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangrene. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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