corroding
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution.— Boyle.[1913 Webster]
2.To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. [1913 Webster]