as in to rot
to form rust
The old car was left to rust in the yard of the abandoned house.
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Recent Examples of rust
However, unlike aluminum, steel is very prone to rust, which is why most manufacturers galvanize their steel anchors.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Humidity will rust metal, and the fluctuating conditions can split wood.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
The same goes with cast-iron skillets, which can rust, and crystal, which can crack or grow cloudy.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Part of the birth date on the tag, July 29, was clear, but the year was rusted beyond legibility.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rust
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Humidity will rust metal, and the fluctuating conditions can split wood.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
The same goes with cast-iron skillets, which can rust, and crystal, which can crack or grow cloudy.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Part of the birth date on the tag, July 29, was clear, but the year was rusted beyond legibility.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rust
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The flesh was rotting off his feet, and his tendons were exposed from frostbite.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2025
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Also, check for hollows in trunks that may mean the interior portion is rotting.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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The company suggests that AWS Transform can decompose monolithic z/OS COBOL applications into components that can be run in the cloud.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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The smell, an odor like rotten eggs, is the sargassum piles decomposing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2025
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The heaters for the pool, the interior parts of it were starting to get corroded so that was going to need to be replaced.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2025
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The new design promises a 100-year lifespan, using wider concrete barriers to impede saltwater from corroding the bridge's steel.—
Yacob Reyes,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Rust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rust. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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