as in to erode
to consume or wear away gradually
water slowly corrodes iron
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Recent Examples of corrode
Initial inspections found the pipes at the Michigan plant are severely corroded.
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Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Nov. 2024
The issues are caused when water penetrates a smart lock and corrodes the metal or causes the device to short-circuit.
—Abigail Singrey, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2024
Inside were some trinkets: two china bowls, beads and buttons, the compressed remains of what might have been leather hats, and two heavily corroded, but recognizably silver, watches.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The oil from the materials named in a book Suharto banned now corroded the pages of his biography, as if his very tools of oil extraction had turned against his symbolic image.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Nov. 2024
The issues are caused when water penetrates a smart lock and corrodes the metal or causes the device to short-circuit.
—Abigail Singrey, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2024
Inside were some trinkets: two china bowls, beads and buttons, the compressed remains of what might have been leather hats, and two heavily corroded, but recognizably silver, watches.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The oil from the materials named in a book Suharto banned now corroded the pages of his biography, as if his very tools of oil extraction had turned against his symbolic image.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Corrode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrode. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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