[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["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.Synonyms: degeneracy , depravity , rot , decay"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to affect or become affected with gangrene."]}]