as in rot
a pervasive moral or social decay
a society beset by moral gangrene
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Recent Examples of gangrene
Even mild infections can lead to gangrene, which may ultimately require some form of amputation.5
With diabetes, what otherwise would be routine nail care can be crucial to health, requiring medical expertise.
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
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The toddler’s arms and right leg have turned black with gangrene.
—Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
To stave off gangrene, Batzer had a thumb, several fingers, a foot, and a portion of one leg amputated.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Her right foot, noticeably smaller than her left, required reconstruction after developing gangrene from being held above her head for the duration of her time in the well.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
Related article Israel’s military releases interrogation video in bid to defend assault on Gaza hospitals
The toddler’s arms and right leg have turned black with gangrene.
—Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
To stave off gangrene, Batzer had a thumb, several fingers, a foot, and a portion of one leg amputated.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Her right foot, noticeably smaller than her left, required reconstruction after developing gangrene from being held above her head for the duration of her time in the well.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangrene
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Germans are turning their backs on Tesla in record numbers, and arguably the only possible way for the rot to stop, or at least slow down, is for Musk to distance himself from Tesla and hand over the CEO position to someone else.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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This outrageously misguided spending reveals a deep rot within our foreign aid system.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Confidential finds a powerful political lobbyist shot to death, his apparent suicide highlighting a bizarre turn in Ohio’s largest public corruption case accidentaly uncovered by federal investigators that was nearly concealed by loose super PAC campaign financing rules.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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When their late boss, Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano), is reported to have engaged in corruption tied to drug cartels, Mike and Marcus vow to clear his name.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Here, doing nothing when evil is committed is its own form of evil.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other and their own personal demons on the path to salvation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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Sharon Perez, senior business development manager at Lenzing Group, noted that there are three potential ways to design with a product’s end of life in mind: circularity, degradation and durability.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Apr. 2025
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Many countries and regions are recognizing the importance of integrating conservation principles into their agricultural practices, particularly in areas facing significant agricultural challenges due to climate change, soil degradation, and resource scarcity.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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And what of the fact that Snow White, abandoned in the woods (where the Huntsman is too kindhearted to carry out the Evil Queen’s order to murder her), comes upon a cottage where seven cute, quarrelsome 249-year-old short men with Amish beards live in bachelor squalor and become her protectors?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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They are often banned from visiting temples and forced to live apart from higher-caste communities, often in squalor and farther from access to services.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Now, more than two years after the Evros Thirty-eight made landfall on the islet, Little Maria is practically a household name, synonymous with refugees’ immorality and the malfeasance of NGOs and journalists.—
Lauren Markham,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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At its core, moral outrage is a response to the feeling that others are acting immorally and that their immorality is destroying society.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Rock stars are wealthy, privileged people who live just like other wealthy, privileged people do, in places where the streets are quiet and safe, protected by gates and uniformed security guards from the danger, filth, and darkness of a world where everyone wants to be rich and famous and loved.—
David Samuels,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Before that, That’s A Wrap Sandwich Co. obviously housed too many rodents, roaches or general filth for whoever filed the complaint with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Gangrene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangrene. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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