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Cankering

To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

📖 Definitions of "Cankering"

verb
  1. 1

    To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

  2. 2

    To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

  3. 3

    To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

  4. 4

    To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

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