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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Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Corroded :: Corroded (imp. & p. p.) of Corrod.
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..
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Corrode :: Corrode (v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Corrodent :: Corrodent (n.) Anything that corrodes.
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
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..
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..
#NAME? :: -ent () An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant..
Corrodiate :: Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
Rust :: Rust (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
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..
Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Incorrodible :: Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away..
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue..
Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
Corrodible :: Corrodible (a.) Capable of being corroded; corrosible.
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