corrode
pronunciation
How to pronounce corrode in British English:
UK [kəˈrəʊd]
How to pronounce corrode in American English:
US [kəˈroʊd]
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- Verb:
- cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
- become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
Word Origin
- corrode
- corrode: see rostrum
- corrode (v.)
- 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.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Your whole social system will also slowly corrode .
- 2. Am I giving in to temptations that will corrode trust ?
- 3. It may take years , but steel components that come in continuous contact with ethanol will eventually corrode .
- 4. But the extent to which torture would corrode the west 's security networks that are supposed to fight terrorism is only now becoming clearer .
- 5. Also , you can have too much of a good thing . Excessive amounts of zddp can corrode the engine .