corrode
Example Sentences
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The units, situated 5 to 9 miles from Santa Barbara County’s coastline, were shut-in after a corroded pipeline released nearly 3,000 barrels of oil in 2015.
“When an officer turns routine traffic stops into opportunities for theft, for their own benefit, it corrodes public trust and endangers the integrity of our justice system.”
From Los Angeles Times
I learned that leaving the knife wet corrodes it.
After much digging, we found my engagement ring, and John’s wedding band — in the drawer of a corroded file cabinet.
From Los Angeles Times
At low tide, however, there is nothing preventing anyone walking over to the heavily corroded, sea-worn hulks of metal that once formed the SS Vina - despite it being extremely perilous to do so.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
