From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Corrode \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}.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce
it to a green-blue solution. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed};
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed};
{defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened};
{knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled,
mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched};
{storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged},
{destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower
terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled,
fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured};
{shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured},
{unsound}.
Syn: broken.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corroded
adj 1: eaten away as by acid or oxidation
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