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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrode \Cor*rode"\ (k?r-r?d") v. t. [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 1.6 [wn]: corroding n : erosion by chemical action [syn: {corrosion}, {erosion}]
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