Cor‐rode″ (k?r–r?d″) v. t. [imp. & p. p.Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n.Corroding.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]
1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Aqua fortis corroding copper... is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution.
Boyle.
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.