Definition of "necrotize" []

• To undergo necrosis or cause to necrose. (verb-transitive)

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• "This means that the skin and muscles of the T-800's, unlike the human equivalents, do not wear down, degrade or necrotize over relatively short periods of time."
• "This cryogenic storage and the vacuum sealed room ensures that the T-800's flesh will not decay or necrotize from exposure to warm, oxygenated air that may contain pathogens."
• "Not to say we won't have to necrotize certain assets."