[
UK
/kəɹˈəʊd/
]
[ US /kɝˈoʊd/ ]
[ US /kɝˈoʊd/ ]
VERB
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cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
The acid corroded the metal
The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink -
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
The pipes rusted
The metal corroded
How To Use corrode In A Sentence
- The cannon was placed in a large waterproof crate of fresh water to leach out the salts, which, if untreated, would have eventually corroded the metal.
- He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise.
- This kind of undisciplined thought, or rather feeling, that mistakes a wish for a fact and leads to foolish policy decisions corrodes the soul of modern man.
- It's steel, so it doesn't fatigue, rust or corrode.
- Higher levels of pollution have started to corrode pipes.
- In many cases, quartz overgrowths were preferentially corroded and dissolved in the presence of pyrophyllite, most likely during acidic metasomatism.
- The raven body it used had to be fresh, for such a spirit would corrode the flesh of whatever it inhabited within a day. ABHORSEN
- Neither were they warned that they would quickly lose their traditions, or that recollections would corrode and leave them without memories. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
- Last week Gunter, now director of the Reactor Oversight Program of the organization Beyond Nuclear, said the NRC re-licensing program is "blind to how these machines are breaking apart at the molecular level … they embrittle, crack and corrode. CounterPunch
- When those rust inhibitors lose their effectiveness, the inside of the radiator can start to corrode.