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corrosion

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Main Entry: corrosion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disintegration

Synonyms:

decay, decomposition, degeneration, deterioration, erosion, oxidation, rust, wear
Notes: abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface
Main Entry: canker
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blistered infection

Synonyms:

bane, blight, blister, boil, cancer, corrosion, corruption, lesion, rot, scourge, smutch, sore, ulcer
Main Entry: decay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: breaking down, collapse

Synonyms:

adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering

Antonyms:

development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening
Main Entry: deterioration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: decay, degeneration

Synonyms:

abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, spoiling, vitiation, worsening

Antonyms:

betterment, building, construction, development, improvement
Main Entry: erosion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deterioration; wearing away

Synonyms:

abrasion, attrition, consumption, corrosion, decrease, desedimentation, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, eating away, grinding down, spoiling, washing away, wear, wearing down
Notes: abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface

Antonyms:

building, construction, rebuilding, strengthening
Main Entry: putrefaction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: decay

Synonyms:

adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering
Main Entry: putrescence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: decay

Synonyms:

adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering
Main Entry: putridness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: decay

Synonyms:

adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering
Main Entry: spoilage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: decay

Synonyms:

adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering
Related Words
Main Entry: deterioration
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
all the worse for, altered, altered for the worse, at a low ebb, battered, blighted, broken down, cankered, contabescent, crumbling, decadescent, decayed, deciduous, decrepid, decrepit, degenerate, deleterious, depraved, deteriorated, dilapidated, discolored, done for, effete, faded, far gone, fatigued, finewed, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, fracid, imperfect, in a bad way, injured, jizzicked, manky, marasmic, mildewed, moldering, moldy, moss, murled, nodding to its fall, on one's last legs, on the decline, on the wane, ossifragous, out of repair, out of tune, past cure, past work, reduced, reduced to a skeleton, retrograde, rotten, rusty, secondhand, seedy, shabby, shaken, spoiling, spotted, sprung, stale, tabescent, tabid, tainted, the worse for, the worse for wear, threadbare, timeworn, tottering, undermined, unimproved, used up, wasted, weather, wilted, withering, worm, worn out, worn to a shadow, worn to a thread, worn to rags, worn to the stump, worse
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