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Word: corrode (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
  • transitive To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
  • transitive 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.

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