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.
On Sunday, the chaos began to corrode his own government.
From Washington Post
That would lead to condensation which could corrode the £1 billion structure, which in turn would put the decommissioning of the facility on hold for a prolonged period, if not indefinitely.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
