gangrene
noun
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
have gangrened
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present perfectof gangrene.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Truly he blundered wrong about Lorenzo's arm, which is not yet well healed; and I vow to St. John, I thought, one time, it would have gangrened.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird
The doctors tell me that many slight wounds have gangrened owing to the cold.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
No surgeon could be procured at the time, and the wound appears to have gangrened and to have infected the whole arm.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Alexander Huth
