corrode

I think that from the time he was a boy, and I think that over time, those secrets start to corrode a person.

The show’s look at how fear mongering can corrode a democratic system is also resonating outside of the U.S.

Sowing hopelessness and fear is the fastest way to corrode trust.

Most tanks were made of steel in the mid-1980s and likely to corrode over time.

And since there is so little metal in the super tiny vision electrode, it cannot 'afford' to corrode at all, otherwise it would stop working.