as in eroding
to consume or wear away gradually
water slowly corrodes iron
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Recent Examples of corroding
As the song progresses, more elements—slow-moving filter sweeps, waltzing arpeggios, a deep and doomy bassline—appear and disappear, moving into the fore of the stereo field before corroding and flaking away.
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Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
In the 1980s, I was impressed by Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death, which argued that television was corroding American society and democracy.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
But researchers have previously expressed concern over damage to sea beds caused by turbine construction, and leaching of toxic materials from corroding metals.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The failure of the West’s big bet on corroding the great Eurasian authoritarians has, for the time being, turned the West against itself.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What was once meant to be a narrow exception for genuine crises has become a routine pretext for government overreach — a means of inflating executive power and corroding the nation’s fiscal credibility.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
For the anti-Semitic parties of the right, the Jews were the main subject, the driving force corroding national strength and health.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
In the 1980s, I was impressed by Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death, which argued that television was corroding American society and democracy.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
But researchers have previously expressed concern over damage to sea beds caused by turbine construction, and leaching of toxic materials from corroding metals.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The failure of the West’s big bet on corroding the great Eurasian authoritarians has, for the time being, turned the West against itself.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What was once meant to be a narrow exception for genuine crises has become a routine pretext for government overreach — a means of inflating executive power and corroding the nation’s fiscal credibility.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
For the anti-Semitic parties of the right, the Jews were the main subject, the driving force corroding national strength and health.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corroding
eroding
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The moral fiber of this country is eroding fast, based on lack of love for one another, divisions in this country, greed, and the partisan bickering from American political leaders.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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Issues like new forms of energy, natural disasters, global warming — these forces are now eroding traditions and cultures that once continued almost effortlessly in Japan.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Corroding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corroding. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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