corroding
- noun
- /kəˈroʊdɪŋ/
- Specialized
- Engineers are concerned about the corroding structures that may weaken over time.
Examples
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"But CAE relates to complex physical phenomena like fluids and things breaking and corroding," he added.
Academic text (2008) -
It's an artifact that could be damaged, and it could be just damaged, or more more precisely, it could be corroding or changing in some way.
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Reader! When you behold an aspect for whose constant gloom and frown you cannot account... be sure that there is a canker somewhere, and a canker not the less deeply corroding because concealed.
Academic text (1992) -
The corroding metal on the old car made it look rusty and weathered.
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The corroding pipes in the building needed to be replaced to prevent leaks.
Synonyms
42
5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
36
3.7
The gradual wearing away of land, rock, and other materials by forces such as water or wind
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6.1
Slow damage to metal caused by air or water
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7.7
Small shallow holes that form on a metal surface when it is eaten away or rubbed
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2.8
A slow change in iron or steel that makes a red brown layer when it meets water and air
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6.1
A process when something combines with oxygen and changes, for example iron turning to rust
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5.1
Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing
Reaction of a substance with oxygen in the air that makes it break down or spoil
Antonyms
How Corroded
- Specialized
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6.1
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word corroding comes from the Latin parts cor- and rodere, where rodere means 'to gnaw', the same idea you see in erode. Think of rust as 'eating away' metal a little at a time. So, corroding means slowly wearing away or destroying a material.