as in erodes
to consume or wear away gradually
water slowly corrodes iron
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Recent Examples of corrodes
Long before neuroscience confirmed it, the sages understood that sustained outrage narrows perception, impairs judgment, and corrodes community.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Saltwater corrodes the moving parts, and marine life like barnacles can jam blades.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
That applies equally to nuclear brinkmanship in the Middle East and narco-state behavior in the Western Hemisphere that corrodes security at home and abroad.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Very low Earth orbit satellites are exposed to very high levels of atomic oxygen, which is a highly reactive form of oxygen that quickly corrodes most substances, even plastics.
—Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2025
Humidity often corrodes cables and steams camera lenses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2025
Risk perceptions keep capital in safe markets, compliance-heavy rules choke local access, and misinformation corrodes trust in the very tools meant to help.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Saltwater corrodes the moving parts, and marine life like barnacles can jam blades.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
That applies equally to nuclear brinkmanship in the Middle East and narco-state behavior in the Western Hemisphere that corrodes security at home and abroad.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Very low Earth orbit satellites are exposed to very high levels of atomic oxygen, which is a highly reactive form of oxygen that quickly corrodes most substances, even plastics.
—Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2025
Humidity often corrodes cables and steams camera lenses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2025
Risk perceptions keep capital in safe markets, compliance-heavy rules choke local access, and misinformation corrodes trust in the very tools meant to help.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrodes
erodes
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Confusion emerges as trust erodes Some have applauded the moves.—
Ali Swenson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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One gets the sense of a man perpetually drawn to the edge of the unknown, as the boy to the edge of the sea—to questions about our primordial origins, about the etiology and eschatology of our planet, about what erodes and what endures.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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