corrode

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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
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion
to ruin or destroy little by little
become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"
{v} to eat away by degrees, to gnaw
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
corroded
Simple past tense and past participle of corrode
corrodible
{a} that may be corroded
Corrodible
corrosible
corroded
Damaged by corrosion
corroded
{s} destroyed gradually by acid or oxidation
corroded
past of corrode
corroded
eaten away as by acid or oxidation
corrodes
third-person singular of corrode
corrodible
Capable of being corroded; corrosible
corrodible
{s} tending to rust, tending to corrode; tending to degenerate
corrodible
Readily corroded
corroding
present participle of corrode
corrode
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