What is the meaning of Corrode?

  • (v.i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
  • (v.t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
  • (v.t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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