Synonyms for corrode

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-rohd

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈroʊd

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Définition of corrode

Origin : c.1400, from Old French corroder (14c.) or directly from Latin corrodere "to gnaw to bits, wear away," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Related: Corroded; corroding.

verb wear away; eat away

Example sentences :

His limbs lost their flexibility, and some of his wiring started to corrode.
Extract from : « Beside Still Waters » by Robert Sheckley

Put vaseline on the wire so the fumes of gas will not corrode it.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

Salt solutions, such as sea water, corrode the metal rapidly.
Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson

Such a mixture would, in all probability, corrode sheet-iron.
Extract from : « Cakes & Ale » by Edward Spencer

So tallow and the like should not be placed where they can corrode iron or steel.
Extract from : « Farm Engines and How to Run Them » by James H. Stephenson

This neutralized flux will not corrode metal as will the ordinary acid.
Extract from : « Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting » by Harold P. Manly

The working surfaces require to be of brass, so that they will not corrode.
Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose

A good one with a long plasteel blade that would not chip or corrode like hers.
Extract from : « The Happy Man » by Gerald Wilburn Page

They burn and corrode the skin or membrane or other parts with which they come in contact.
Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell

She hit himself with a worn pick, and the rusted poison did corrode his blood the way he never overed it, and died after.
Extract from : « The Playboy of the Western World » by J. M. Synge

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