as in to erode
to consume or wear away gradually
water slowly corrodes iron
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Heat and detergent will cause the edges of their pans to corrode over time, which can create a sharp edge that some people have reported injuring themselves on.
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2025
In Russia, the autocratic leader Vladimir Putin has embraced an ideology of nationalist imperialism, consolidating economic resources through state expansionism; Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has corroded the global norm against territorial conquest.
—Michael Brenes, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
Pandemics corrode citizens' faith in government — especially, and not surprisingly, among impressionable young people.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025
Put simply, Russian control over any part of Ukraine subverts and corrodes Ukrainian sovereignty everywhere.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2025
In Russia, the autocratic leader Vladimir Putin has embraced an ideology of nationalist imperialism, consolidating economic resources through state expansionism; Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has corroded the global norm against territorial conquest.
—Michael Brenes, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
Pandemics corrode citizens' faith in government — especially, and not surprisingly, among impressionable young people.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025
Put simply, Russian control over any part of Ukraine subverts and corrodes Ukrainian sovereignty everywhere.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for corrode
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“Corrode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrode. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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