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rust

noun as in corrosion

verb as in corrode

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The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.

This summer, for example, a dry August plus an outbreak of southern rust has depressed yields for corn, which I’ve just started to harvest.

To keep them nonstick and avoid rust, you must season them by cooking with fat and occasionally rub them down with oil.

Qubein, the newly appointed president, took a tour with his two college-age daughters and saw rust flaking off an old shower head.

There’s row after row of mangled, rusting metal remains of former homes.

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

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