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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corrode \Cor*rode"\ (k?r-r?d") verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Corroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corroding}.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See {Rodent}.]
1. 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.
Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. --Boyle.
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adjective
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled, dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed}; {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst, ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed}; {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened}; {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled, mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched}; {storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged}, {destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled, fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured}; {shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept, violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured}, {unsound}.
Syn: broken. [WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn: discredited. [WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
corroded
adjective: eaten away as by acid or oxidation
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