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corrodes

verb/ku.ʁoj/low

cor·roi

Definition

Third person singular present indicative of the verb 'to corrode', meaning to wear away, consume, or destroy slowly, especially by chemical action or rust.
Salt corrodes the metal of ships.
Envy corrodes people's souls.
Common collocations
corrodes metalcorrodes the structureslowly corrodes

Etymology

Do latim 'corrodere'.

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