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verb (used with object)
1.
to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
2.
to impair; deteriorate: Jealousy corroded his character.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become corroded.
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Corroding
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Word Origin & History
corrode
c.1400, from O.Fr. corroder, from L. corrodere "to gnaw to bits," from com- intensive prefix + rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent).
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