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corrode

[ kuh-rohd ]

verb (used with object)

corroded, corroding.
  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)

corroded, corroding.
  1. to become corroded.

corrode

/ əˈəʊ /

verb

  1. to eat away or be eaten away, esp by chemical action as in the oxidation or rusting of a metal
  2. tr to destroy gradually; consume

    his jealousy corroded his happiness

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ǰˈǻ, noun
  • ǰˌǻ徱ˈٲ, noun
  • ǰˈǻ徱, adjective
  • ǰˈǻ岹Գ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ǰ·ǻIJԳ noun
  • ǰ·ǻİ noun
  • ǰ·ǻi· adjective
  • ǰ·ǻi·i·ٲ noun
  • nonǰ·ǻi· adjective
  • ԴDzcǰ·ǻiԲ adjective noun
  • ܲcǰ·ǻĻ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of corrode1

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin ǰō to gnaw to pieces, equivalent to cor- cor- + ō to gnaw; akin to rodent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of corrode1

C14: from Latin ǰō to gnaw to pieces, from ō to gnaw; see rodent , rat
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Pushing many European nations further into Russia’s sphere of influence, making the entire continent vulnerable to the same kind of dark forces that have already corroded its weaker states from within?

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He has also repeatedly complained about rusting, corroded metalwork and plaster in stairwells peeling off the walls.

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This crucial section of the A167 was shut last year after its 1960s concrete proved so corroded it was in danger of imminent collapse.

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And he spearheaded post-Watergate ethics reforms to address the abuses of power that brought down Nixon and corroded Americans’ faith in government.

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“That corroded me over time, to the point that I thought, ‘Maybe this is it.”

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