Definition of corrode

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

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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..
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.
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..
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..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Corrodent :: Corrodent (n.) Anything that corrodes.
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
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..
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
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..
Corrodent :: Corrodent (a.) Corrosive.
Rust :: Rust (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Corrodible :: Corrodible (a.) Capable of being corroded; corrosible.
Corrode :: Corrode (v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Corrodiate :: Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
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..
Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
#NAME? :: -ent () An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant..
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