as in to rot
to form rust
The old car was left to rust in the yard of the abandoned house.
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Recent Examples of rust
Your neck muscles feel rusted shut, unused for years.
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Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Pure iron tends to rust slower than iron containing a mixture of metals.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
Not to mention, tools that have rusted can become dangerous and need to be tossed immediately for safety precautions.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, a few thousand of the old vehicles rusted away in storage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Pure iron tends to rust slower than iron containing a mixture of metals.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
Not to mention, tools that have rusted can become dangerous and need to be tossed immediately for safety precautions.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, a few thousand of the old vehicles rusted away in storage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rust
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The story revolves around a town where the inhabitants have been mysteriously disappearing and rumours abound that there are ghosts under the lake eating human heads and leaving the rotting corpses floating on the water’s surface.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
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Check to make sure the soil isn't soggy or too wet, as this can lead to bulbs rotting.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.—
Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
29 Apr. 2022
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The composting bin contains some 250,000 red wiggler worms that feast on the manure of the animals and poultry that live on the farm, and decompose plant detritus, coffee grounds, and table scraps as well.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
8 Mar. 2025
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In a forensic context, mummification occurs when a dead body dries out instead of decomposing as normal, due to a warm, dry and well-ventilated environment, according to the National Library of Medicine.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Pandemics corrode citizens' faith in government — especially, and not surprisingly, among impressionable young people.—
Erin Doherty,
Axios,
9 Mar. 2025
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Put simply, Russian control over any part of Ukraine subverts and corrodes Ukrainian sovereignty everywhere.—
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Rust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rust. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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