ronger

La pourriture avait rongé les marches du porche.
The rot had eaten into the steps of the porch.
Le garçon avait rongé l'os jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y reste plus rien.
The boy had gnawed the bone until there was nothing left on it.
La consomption lui avait rongé le corps. Il n’était plus l’homme que j’avais connu autrefois.
Consumption had wasted his body away. He was no longer the man I once knew.
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