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rust

noun as in corrosion

verb as in corrode

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This includes sharp objects such as burned branches, twisted metals, broken glass and rusted nails that could cause injury.

You have to use your imagination a bit, Iron Age artefacts from 2,000 years ago have rusted or faded and are far from their original glory.

From BBC

"I wanna be your vacuum cleaner, breathing in your dust / I wanna be your Ford Cortina, I will never rust," it begins.

From BBC

Based between an ancient burial mound and a rusting tin hut, the men stood on top of a nuclear fallout bunker, while aircraft skimmed them at terrifyingly low altitudes.

From BBC

A lake is flanked by layers of browns: rust, clay and beige, with the gradual excavation of earth.

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

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