The substance can irritate or corrode the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Source: tatoeba (368193)
Corrode
//kəˈɹoʊd//
Synonyms for "corrode" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أصدأ verb (to eat away)
- أكل verb (to eat away)
- تآكل verb (to have corrosive action)
- صدئ verb (to have corrosive action)
Asturian
1 entries- corroyer verb (to eat away)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кородирам verb (to have corrosive action)
- разяждам verb (to eat away)
Catalan
3 entries- corroir verb (to eat away)
- corroir verb (to consume)
- corroir verb (to have corrosive action)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 侵蝕 /侵蚀 verb (to have corrosive action)
- 腐蝕 /腐蚀 verb (to eat away)
Dutch
4 entries- aanvreten verb (to eat away)
- corroderen verb (to eat away)
- corroderen verb (to consume)
- corroderen verb (to have corrosive action)
Esperanto
1 entries- korodi verb (to eat away)
Finnish
4 entries- kulua verb (to eat away)
- kuluttaa verb (to eat away)
- ruostua verb (to have corrosive action)
- ruostuttaa verb (to eat away)
French
3 entries- corroder verb (to have corrosive action)
- rouiller verb (to eat away)
- éroder verb (to eat away)
Galician
1 entries- corroer verb (to eat away)
German
3 entries- korrodieren verb (to have corrosive action)
- rosten verb (to have corrosive action)
- zerfressen verb (to eat away)
Hebrew
2 entries- איכל verb (to eat away)
- שיתך verb (to eat away)
Icelandic
1 entries- æta verb (to eat away)
Italian
1 entries- corrodere verb (to eat away)
Māori
1 entries- pūnguru verb (to eat away)
Portuguese
2 entries- corroer verb (to eat away)
- corroer verb (to have corrosive action)
Russian
4 entries- заржаве́ть verb (to have corrosive action)
- корроди́ровать verb (to have corrosive action)
- разъе́сть verb (to eat away)
- разъеда́ть verb (to eat away)
Spanish
2 entries- corroer verb (to eat away)
- corroer verb (to have corrosive action)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ăn mòn verb (to eat away)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Dehumanization and racism corrode the moral fabric of society.
Source: tatoeba (12115466)
My morale is being corroded day by day.
Source: wiktionary
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