Definition of corrode

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Corrode (v. t.) 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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Corrodent :: Corrodent (n.) Anything that corrodes.
Corrode :: Corrode (v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear..
Corrodent :: Corrodent (a.) Corrosive.
Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) 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..
Corrodible :: Corrodible (a.) Capable of being corroded; corrosible.
Incorrodible :: Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away..
Corrodiate :: Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants..
Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..
Caustic :: Caustic (a.) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic..
Rust :: Rust (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Corroded :: Corroded (imp. & p. p.) of Corrod.
Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid..
#NAME? :: -ent () An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant..
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