Home › Words › G › gangrenizegangrenizegangrenize means to cause or to develop gangrene.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, gangrenize ranks #2,099 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom gangrene + -ize.verbTo cause or to develop gangrene.To corrupt or cause to degenerate.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).