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rusting

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Main Entry: rust
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: corrode

Synonyms:

decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, oxidize, stale, tarnish, wither
Main Entry: acid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having acidic, corrosive properties

Synonyms:

acerbic, acidulous, acrid, anti-alkaline, biting, bleaching, corroding, disintegrative, dissolvent, eating away, eroding, erosive, oxidizing, rusting

Antonyms:

basic
Main Entry: bite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: corrode, eat away

Synonyms:

burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, eat into, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, wear away
Main Entry: corrode
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wear away; eat away

Synonyms:

bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste

Antonyms:

aid, build, fortify, help
Main Entry: damage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause injury, loss

Synonyms:

abuse, bang up, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scathe, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tamper with, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong

Antonyms:

benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair
Main Entry: discolor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fading, dirtying of hue

Synonyms:

besmear, besmirch, blot, defile, mar, mark, rust, smear, soil, stain, streak, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge

Antonyms:

brighten, color
Main Entry: eat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erode, wear away; use up

Synonyms:

bite, condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, run through, rust, spill, squander, vanish, waste away

Antonyms:

build, maintain, preserve
Main Entry: redden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blush, make rosy

Synonyms:

bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red

Antonyms:

lighten, pale
Main Entry: stagnate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deteriorate by lack of action

Synonyms:

constipate, decay, decline, fester, go to seed, hibernate, idle, languish, lie fallow, not move, putrefy, rot, rust, stall, stand, stand still, stifle, stultify, trammel, vegetate

Antonyms:

grow, strengthen
Main Entry: tarnish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dirty, corrupt

Synonyms:

befoul, begrime, blacken, blemish, blot, contaminate, damage, darken, defame, defile, dim, discolor, disgrace, dull, embarrass, grime, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lose luster, lose shine, mar, muddy, pale, pollute, rust, slander, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, vitiate

Antonyms:

clean, fix, polish, uncorrupt
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