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
After sitting dormant and rusted at a Philadelphia pier, the ship is headed to its final home: The bottom of the ocean.
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The bodies were made by Karmann, and are known for a propensity to rust (especially check the front wheel wells), so, as with most cars of the era, careful inspection prior to purchase is crucial, and can mean the difference between pleasure and great financial pain.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Gather small ceramic or plastic figurines to display, avoiding anything with metal components that could rust.
—Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
To keep your garbage disposal in tip-top condition, use it regularly to prevent its blades from rusting and run cool water before and after dumping food down it—the water helps move things along and prevents backups.
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The bodies were made by Karmann, and are known for a propensity to rust (especially check the front wheel wells), so, as with most cars of the era, careful inspection prior to purchase is crucial, and can mean the difference between pleasure and great financial pain.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Gather small ceramic or plastic figurines to display, avoiding anything with metal components that could rust.
—Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
To keep your garbage disposal in tip-top condition, use it regularly to prevent its blades from rusting and run cool water before and after dumping food down it—the water helps move things along and prevents backups.
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rust
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The stinging in my eyeballs from sweat and sunscreen mixes with the unmistakable smell of rotting flesh.Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2025
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The bandit wheeled and snarled at Herod, exposing his rotting front teeth.Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 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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Park, the man who lost his brother and was speaking on behalf of other families, said Monday that more freezing containers were needed to keep the bodies from decomposing amid rising temperatures.Stella Kim, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Over the centuries, the decomposing bodies left cavities inside the hardened mineral casings.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, the door handle assemblies weren't sufficiently waterproofed, allowing the electronics inside to corrode.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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The failure to stop settler violence is the latest sign that in the bid to expand Israel’s territory, the settlement project corrodes the foundations of the state itself.Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Rust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rust. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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