Antonyms for gangrene
ˈgæŋ grin, gæŋˈgringan·grene

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1. gangrene, sphacelus, sloughnoun

   necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

   Synonyms:
   necrosis, sphacelus, mortification, slough

2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelusverb

   the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

   Synonyms:
   humiliation, slough, mortification, chagrin, necrosis, sphacelus

3. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelateverb

   undergo necrosis

   "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

   Synonyms:
   subdue, humiliate, chagrin, necrose, crucify, mortify, sphacelate, humble, abase

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1. gangrenenoun

   Synonyms:
   mortification, sphacelation

2. gangreneverb

   Synonyms:
   mortify, sphacelate

How to use gangrene in a sentence?

1. Romolo Semplici:

   The government must assume its responsibilities, save the bank and its investors, otherwise this gangrene will spread to the rest of the system, i've always been pro-European, but if Europe doesn't protect its own citizens then we should think twice if this the kind of Europe that we want to be in.

2. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes:

   Corruption is the plague, it's the gangrene of society.

3. Olivier Savignac:

   I perceived this priest as someone who was good, a caring person who would not harm me, but it was when I found myself on that bed half-naked and he was touching me that I realized something was wrong....And we keep this, it’s like a growing cyst. It’s like gangrene inside the victim’s body and the victim’s psyche.

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