corrode
verb
[ kəˈrəʊd ]
• destroy or damage (metal, stone, or other materials) slowly by chemical action.
• "acid rain poisons fish and corrodes buildings"
Similar:
wear away,
wear down,
eat away (at),
gnaw away (at),
bite into,
burn into,
burn through,
erode,
abrade,
consume,
dissolve,
oxidize,
oxidate,
rust,
tarnish,
destroy,
spoil,
• destroy or weaken (something) gradually.
• "the self-centred climate corrodes ideals and concerns about social justice"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin corrodere, from cor- (expressing intensive force) + rodere ‘gnaw’.
