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To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood . . . Erodes the vessels." "The smaller charge is more apt to . . . Erode the gun." (Am. Cyc)
Origin: L. Erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.
(01 Mar 1998)
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