rot

He embodies that seething, alienated rage of people who feel like they’ve been left to rot in the dark corners of the country, unseen, unheard and hopeless for far too long.

But when trees die, the wood rots and the stored carbon dioxide is released back into the air.

And in space, wood is tougher than on Earth, since there’s no water to make it rot or oxygen that would allow it to burn.

“And I think that was the beginning of the rot, which we are paying a price for till today.”

The pain is worst in her thigh, where she had a metal rod inserted after cancer rotted her femur.