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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Acid can corrode most metals.
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Acid rain has corroded the statue.
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By the time they found the wreckage of the plane, it had already started to corrode .
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If the batteries leak, they can corrode the case of your flashlight.
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Over the years, rain, wind, and sun had corroded the statue, turning the bronze a bright green.
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Salt corrodes metal.
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The pipework was badly corroded in places.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond the stadium were the corroding hulks of the Bronx.
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It's not been in the water long enough to corrode .
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It was in a brass frame, corroded from the steam of coffee and spilled Cokes.
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So the sewage goes septic, giving off hydrogen sulphide which corrodes the pipes and makes a nasty smell.
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The Hmong with whom they worked had radio equipment that was corroded, antique, unserviceable.
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The system would corrode and crumble.
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Theserevelations corrode public faith in democracy.
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We think she corroded for only a matter of weeks before being colonised.