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[ UK /kəɹˈə‍ʊd/ ]
[ US /kɝˈoʊd/ ]
VERB
  1. 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
  2. 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.
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