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What does corrode mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
  3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
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For example if you choose a balcony made from copper treated pine, steel fixtures can react with the copper and corrode.
I want to warn against the fifth column here that tries to corrode our way of life.
Even lumps of clay backfill in sandy soil will corrode metal pipes at points of clay contact.
Aqua regia is basically a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, and it is one of the few chemical reagents potent enough to corrode gold.
While homes covered in other materials can corrode, rot, split, warp, dent, or crack through the years, brick does not.
This has to drain consumers' disposable income and further corrode corporates' profits.

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