Definition of corrode

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Corrode (v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

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Corrodent :: Corrodent (a.) Corrosive.
Corrodent :: Corrodent (n.) Anything that corrodes.
Incorrodible :: Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
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..
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..
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..
Corrodiate :: Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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..
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
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.
Corroded :: Corroded (imp. & p. p.) of Corrod.
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.
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..
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..
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.
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