as in rot
a pervasive moral or social decay
a society beset by moral gangrene
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Recent Examples of gangrene
As her career stalled in the 2000s and 2010s, Bleeth’s personal life was spinning out due to cocaine abuse that resulted in gangrene in her nose.
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Kathleen Perricone, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
If frostbite is not treated quickly, the frostbitten area turns black and dies (gangrene).
—Cara Beth Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2024
Secondary Raynaud’s is rare and its symptoms can be more serious, including ulcers on fingers and gangrene, and medication is often necessary.
—Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
In the weeks since, Michael’s toes, an inch of his feet and his hands up to his forearms have been amputated because of dry gangrene — a consequence of sepsis that blocks blood flow to certain extremities.
—Maia Pandey, NBC News, 28 July 2023
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Kathleen Perricone, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
If frostbite is not treated quickly, the frostbitten area turns black and dies (gangrene).
—Cara Beth Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2024
Secondary Raynaud’s is rare and its symptoms can be more serious, including ulcers on fingers and gangrene, and medication is often necessary.
—Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
In the weeks since, Michael’s toes, an inch of his feet and his hands up to his forearms have been amputated because of dry gangrene — a consequence of sepsis that blocks blood flow to certain extremities.
—Maia Pandey, NBC News, 28 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangrene
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In addition to 'brain rot,' the following five words were found by Oxford University Press experts to have gained a spike in usage and prominence this year.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately for Ortberg, the rot goes back well over a decade.Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal.Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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The only other president to be successfully impeached was Park Geun-hye, a conservative who left office in 2017 and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a corruption scandal involving major corporations and the daughter of a cult leader.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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And as such, in Nosferatu, Eggers plunges us into his vision, to another dimension — an elegant yet terrifying world in which a monster stalks the dark of the unconscious, as both the evil within and the outward manifestation of some ancient lore.Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Tim Rice’s lyrics paint a vivid portrait of how vulnerable people can be drawn to an evil that promises them prosperity, no matter how empty that promise may be. 15.Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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Our region has been plagued for far too long by foreign interference, wars, sectarian conflicts, terrorism, drug trafficking, water scarcity, refugee crises, and environmental degradation.Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2024
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These novel electrolytes are designed to be much less susceptible to degradation, offering a more stable electrolyte-environment interface.Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Bailey looked out at the landscape again, thinking about El Naga’s description, the squalor of the NCI, the fractures between the United States and the Middle East.Sushrut Jangi, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2014
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Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
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The history of medicine is too littered with incompetence and immorality to believe that doctors have always been worthy of this status.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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And if that doesn’t work, whoever Trump chooses instead of Gaetz will almost certainly be just as destructive, if less flamboyant in his immorality and lust for attention.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Her teeth were broken from attempting to drink water from a rabbit bottle attached to her cage, and her once-white paws were permanently stained from years of filth.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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In late September, migrants battled rain and filth from their camping tents and makeshift lean-tos.Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Gangrene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangrene. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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