as in to erode
to consume or wear away gradually
water slowly corrodes iron
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Plastic ones are cheaper but aren’t as sturdy and could start to corrode over time.
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Faster is vital, because in their watery graves, the many land and naval mines, U-boat torpedoes, depth charges, artillery shells, chemical weapons, aerial bombs, and incendiary devices have corroded over almost 80 years.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Wandering through the winding streets and mildewing apartments of the medieval Tuscan city, Leonardo becomes the quintessential teenage romantic, both bursting with youthful promise and corroding from adolescent alienation.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Such double standards corrode the very principle of an international rule of law.
—Kelebogile Zvobgo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2023
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Faster is vital, because in their watery graves, the many land and naval mines, U-boat torpedoes, depth charges, artillery shells, chemical weapons, aerial bombs, and incendiary devices have corroded over almost 80 years.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Wandering through the winding streets and mildewing apartments of the medieval Tuscan city, Leonardo becomes the quintessential teenage romantic, both bursting with youthful promise and corroding from adolescent alienation.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Such double standards corrode the very principle of an international rule of law.
—Kelebogile Zvobgo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2023
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