Synonyms of the word

corrode

• v. (transitive) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small…
• v. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
• v. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

crumble

• v. To fall apart; to disintegrate.
• v. To render into crumbs.
• n. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

damage

• n. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
• n. (slang) Cost or expense.
• v. (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

decay

• n. The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
• n. A deterioration of condition.
• v. (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
• v. (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
• v. (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by…
• v. (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to…
• v. (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.

eat

• v. To ingest; to be ingested.
• v. To use up.
• v. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
• v. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
• v. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.
• n. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

rust

• n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
• n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
• n. A reddish-brown color.
• n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
• v. (intransitive) to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
• v. (transitive) to cause to oxidize.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
• v. (figuratively) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.