(fiil) aşındırmak, yıpratmak, çürütmek, kemirmek, yıpranmak

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Definition of (fiil) aşındırmak, yıpratmak, çürütmek, kemirmek, yıpranmak in Turkish English dictionary

corrode

To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair

To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali

{v} to eat away by degrees, to gnaw

become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"

to ruin or destroy little by little

To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion

to eat into or wear away slowly

{f} eat away; rust, oxidize; be rusted, be oxidized; be eaten away

become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink

When a metal changes and gets weaker because it touches water, air or chemicals Rust is one kind of corrosion

(verb) To destroy a substance (usually a metal) gradually by a chemical action (eg, oxidation) Corrosion is often an unwanted chemical reaction, such as when marble statues are destroyed by pollution / acid rain or when a car rusts as the metal is oxidized by road salt during winter

To corrode something means to gradually make it worse or weaker. Suffering was easier to bear than the bitterness he felt corroding his spirit

cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink

To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali

If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust. He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise Engineers found the structure had been corroded by moisture Acid rain destroys trees and corrodes buildings. + corroded cor·rod·ed The investigators found that the underground pipes were badly corroded

Hyphenation

(fi·il) a·şın·dır·mak, yıp·rat·mak, çü·rüt·mek, ke·mir·mek, yıp·ran·mak