<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.</li><li>Moral or spiritual corruption and decadence that pervades an individual or group:<ul><li>“This church body has been afflicted with a spiritual gangrene that is poisoning our relationship with the Lord,” the preacher expostulated.</li></ul></li><li>Synonyms:<ul><li>Degeneracy</li><li>Depravity</li><li>Rot</li><li>Decay</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with or without object)<ul><li>Affected with gangrene.</li></ul></li></ul>