corrade

verb

kə-ˈrād How to pronounce corrade (audio)
Definition of corradenext
as in to wear
to damage or diminish by continued friction the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription

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  1. wear
  2. erode
  3. fray
Verb
  • The uniforms will be worn for six regular-season home games in total.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Though both wear hats and masks and keep their heads down, there is one full-face photo caught on the Ring as a delivery man picks up the two-month-old mattress.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of wear
Verb
  • On the macro level, those price increases would also erode consumer spending.
    Annie Nova,Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Together, all these reflect attempts to erode the public’s trust in elections.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of erode
Verb
  • But their partnership begins to fray when a divine spirit informs Sister Deborah that a Black woman, not a Black Jesus, will save them.
    Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Negotiations were fraying between the state and the powerful hospital industry over the plan to make hospitals relieve patient debt or lose billions of dollars of public funding tied to the state’s Medicaid expansion.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of fray
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“Corrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrade. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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