corrode
verb (used with object)
to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
had corroded
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past perfectof corrode.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By 2018, the utility knew the concrete pipe had corroded “to the point that exposed rebar could be seen and that if not corrected could result in a catastrophic failure,” the lawsuit states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Federal investigators determined the bridge’s steel legs had corroded, creating visible holes, yet inspectors failed to calculate the severity of the problem and the city failed to follow repeated recommendations.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
The Blatnik had corroded and been clogged with construction and detours.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
There weren’t many decibels left in the old network; wires had corroded and cable sheathing had become rat snacks, and in 1985, L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
But then a pre-raising inspection of the sunken vessel revealed that most of the nails in the planks inside the ship had corroded during the more than four hundred years it had been submerged.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
