as in erosion
a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction
the corrosion of family values that is often brought on by great wealth
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Recent Examples of corrosion
Airbus is investigating corrosion issues on some of its A220 passenger jets.
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
To attribute the corrosion of institutional trust to such bugbears as relativism or postmodernism is to ignore explanations that are both more concrete and more parsimonious.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
This material resists corrosion without verdigris oxidation, ensuring slow aging and a lasting patina.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
Iron accessories may just be more difficult to find today, as the metal is particularly susceptible to corrosion.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
To attribute the corrosion of institutional trust to such bugbears as relativism or postmodernism is to ignore explanations that are both more concrete and more parsimonious.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
This material resists corrosion without verdigris oxidation, ensuring slow aging and a lasting patina.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
Iron accessories may just be more difficult to find today, as the metal is particularly susceptible to corrosion.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for corrosion
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“Corrosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrosion. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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