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rust

noun as in corrosion

verb as in corrode

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This chainmail is rust-proof, and smooth enough it won’t damage any of the surfaces it can be used for.

Their invention is marked by layers of rust— banded iron formations—as iron reacted with the available oxygen.

Like many former industrial hotspots across the country, Kenosha would have to evolve to cope with the realities of a 21st century economy, or else rust away.

From Fortune

The cutter is made from anti-rust stainless steel and can go in the dishwasher.

Book Your Data does a great job of showing how rust badges and reviews featuring loyal and even popular customers can establish trust with new visitors right away.

Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.

Briefly, blister rust is an Asian fungus introduced from Europe to America around 1900.

Still, there is hope for the Republicans in the Rust Belt—if they can give the public a reason to vote for them.

Cenicafé researchers “anticipated climate change would create a scenario where rust was a real pandemic threat,” says Rhinehart.

It was encircled by a ditch, but the drawbridge was down, and the rust on its chains argued that long had it been so.

The Dimbula picked up her pilot and came in covered with salt and red rust.

Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.

Some seasons hardly any rust can be discovered on the leaves, and if any spots are found they are fixed and do not spread.

Many theories have been advanced in regard to the (p. 471) cause of rust and how to prevent it.

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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rust, such as: decay, blight, corruption, decomposition, dilapidation, and mold.

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

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