corrode

Etymology
From, that borrowed from or directly from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
 * 2)  To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
 * 3)  To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
 * 1)  To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Synonyms

 * (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

Derived terms

 * corroding lead

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: corroyer
 * Bulgarian:
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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Esperanto: korodi
 * Finnish:, ruostuttaa ,  , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: corroer
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שיתך, איכל
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: æta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: pūnguru
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
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 * Catalan:
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 * Bulgarian: кородирам
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: korrodieren,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: