as in eroded
to consume or wear away gradually
water slowly corrodes iron
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Recent Examples of corroded
Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The department inspectors on the scene on Monday discovered that the steel beams that held up the awning were completely corroded through in several spots, while the Clark Street awning also showed similar signs of poor maintenance, a spokesperson said.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Those kept in the more acidic water were significantly more corroded, and had far more cracks and holes, especially at the root and tooth base.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The dissipator grate, which was installed in 1998 and has corroded over the years due to the ocean conditions, is also being replaced, the city announced.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The department inspectors on the scene on Monday discovered that the steel beams that held up the awning were completely corroded through in several spots, while the Clark Street awning also showed similar signs of poor maintenance, a spokesperson said.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corroded
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Google’s overwhelming search dominance may be eroded by itself, as more gen AI players come on the scene.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The letter said the secretary's personnel decisions and policy moves had eroded scientific integrity and threatened the safety of the HHS workforce, raising immediate questions about the capacity of the CDC and other agencies to carry out public-health missions.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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But with the deteriorated state, the possibility remains that the building may soon be auctioned off with no protection against demolition.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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As a result, there are 800,000 deteriorated apartments in New York today.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
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In communities without clean water, families often burn wood to boil contaminated water, contributing to both deforestation and emissions.—
Sivan Yaari,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Great Lakes Legacy Act — which aims to address areas of concern in the basin where longtime industrial contamination has caused environmental degradation — has funded 34 remediation projects across the region since 2004, removing or capping almost 7 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Our adaptation of the recipe gives you the option to top the beans with crumbled bacon in addition to cooking them in bacon fat.—
Saveur,
Saveur,
8 Aug. 2025
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Another, paradoxical, factor that could be contributing to this rise is our steadily less polluted atmosphere.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The port planned to use it to clean up and remediate polluted areas, build facilities for handling the turbine parts, dredge the waterway and build a larger wharf capable of handling pieces of steel longer than a football field.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Friedrich died at the end of 1934 after eating tainted chicken meat.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
22 Aug. 2025
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King also claimed that the tainted alcohol is then sold back to restaurants, bars, hotels and other drinking establishments.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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With the teams tied at 48 in the third quarter, guard Tiffany Hayes was fouled on a drive to the basket.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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This method combines impure raw silicon with pure aluminum, lowering the melting temperature compared to conventional polysilicon production.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Aug. 2025
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Water was often impure, too, especially with the war going on.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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“Corroded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corroded. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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