gangrenise

Verb

gangrenize (third-person singular simple present gangrenizes, present participle gangrenizing, simple past and past participle gangrenized)

1. To cause or to develop gangrene.
   • Whoever knows what changes occur in an element of the body separated from the rest , and kept macerating at temperatures of F . 60° – 100° , can predict what changes the same element would undergo if gangrenized in connection with the body.1864, John Simon, Transactions of the Vermont Medical Society, page 30
2. (figuratively) To corrupt or cause to degenerate.
   • Perhaps the worst imbecility of the Junkers was their policy towards gangrenized Russia .1932, Herbert Vivian, The Life of the Emperor Charles of Austria, page 149