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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrode.

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Examples

  • Of all the cankers of human happiness, none corrodes it with so silent, yet so baneful a tooth, as indolence.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Meanwhile, their continued detention of these two young men, in isolation, in a cramped cell, and without affording them even the process they are due under Iranian law, further corrodes their image around the world.

    Christian Parenti: Call to Help the Hikers Christian Parenti 2011

  • The drop-off is now causing serious technical problems, as slow-flowing oil drops in temperature and clogs and corrodes the pipe.

    Alaska's Ebbing Oil 2011

  • The waiting corrodes the belief that moment A will be followed by a moment B that is recognizably continuous with it.

    Suspended stephen hastings-king 2011

  • Given the corrosive nature of money in politics and how it corrodes our democratic foundation, it is important to limit the flow of the special interest spigot or at least create more opportunities for regular people to compete through public financing.

    Edward Headington: Pledging Allegiance to Reforming Our System: Vote Yes on Measure H Edward Headington 2011

  • Meanwhile, their continued detention of these two young men, in isolation, in a cramped cell, and without affording them even the process they are due under Iranian law, further corrodes their image around the world.

    Christian Parenti: Call to Help the Hikers Christian Parenti 2011

  • Meanwhile, their continued detention of these two young men, in isolation, in a cramped cell, and without affording them even the process they are due under Iranian law, further corrodes their image around the world.

    Christian Parenti: Call to Help the Hikers Christian Parenti 2011

  • Meanwhile, their continued detention of these two young men, in isolation, in a cramped cell, and without affording them even the process they are due under Iranian law, further corrodes their image around the world.

    Christian Parenti: Call to Help the Hikers Christian Parenti 2011

  • Meanwhile, their continued detention of these two young men, in isolation, in a cramped cell, and without affording them even the process they are due under Iranian law, further corrodes their image around the world.

    Christian Parenti: Call to Help the Hikers Christian Parenti 2011

  • Given the corrosive nature of money in politics and how it corrodes our democratic foundation, it is important to limit the flow of the special interest spigot or at least create more opportunities for regular people to compete through public financing.

    Edward Headington: Pledging Allegiance to Reforming Our System: Vote Yes on Measure H Edward Headington 2011

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