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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
corroding
noun: erosion by chemical action [syn: {corrosion}, {erosion}]
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