- necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- moral or spiritual corruption and decadence that pervades an individual or group: “This church body has been afflicted with a spiritual gangrene that is poisoning our relationship with the Lord,” the preacher expostulated.
- to affect or become affected with gangrene.
- death and decay of tissue as the result of interrupted blood supply, disease, or injury
- moral decay or corruption
- to become or cause to become affected with gangrene
