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rusting

adjective as in acid

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Never use food from swollen or severely rusted cans, just to be safe.

Made from strong and rust-proof ABS plastic, this rotating sprinkler features three adjustable heads with four nozzles each.

This finish helps give the pan a non stick layer, and seals in the raw cast iron which is susceptible to rust.

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The powder-coated paint resists rust, and the lightweight, fiberglass handle won’t snap easily.

Each basket is made of high quality metal and eco-friendly anti-rust surface coating, guaranteeing longevity and durability.

Oxygen is an extremely reactive chemical, corroding metals, rusting iron, and fueling fires.

Quality can be found in the most mundane works of man—even within the rusting gears of a motorcycle engine.

The crude, rusting poles are piled side-by-side in a snowdrift of steel on the floor of the Hirshhorn.

Ultimately, he's attempting to set a new course for an overweight and rusting battleship.

Saying the Syrian military is “rusting,” Hijab claimed Assad now controls just 30 percent of the country's land.

Her sympathy with a great soldier snubbed, an active man rusting, kept her from remonstrance.

You could tell, because the steel was rusting in the salt air, and the grid shone through the green paint in red-orange.

All the doors we'd passed in the cellblock were old, rusting things that dated back to when the base was first built.

Along the ridge of the hog-wallow rested the rusting Winchesters of the Mexicans—all pointing in the same direction.

It was a neat building, with everything in apple-pie order, and no danger of anything; rusting there for want of oil.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rusting, such as: acerbic, acrid, biting, corroding, dissolvent, and eroding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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