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Corrode

//kəˈɹoʊd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. transitive
  2. 2
    become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid wordnet
  3. 3
    To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. transitive

    "My morale is being corroded day by day."

  4. 4
    cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid wordnet
  5. 5
    To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. intransitive

Etymology

From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”).

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