Corrode

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

II. Corrode ·vt To Consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to Impair.

III. Corrode ·vt 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.