corrode

Here is the principal explanation of unemployment and the precariousness which has corroded our companies for 30 years, here is thus the fundamental cause of the crisis which has burst for five years: our collective incapacity to manage colossal productivity gains.
Voilà la principale explication du chômage et de la précarité qui ronge nos sociétés depuis 30 ans, voilà donc la cause fondamentale de la crise qui a éclaté depuis cinq ans : notre incapacité collective à gérer des gains de productivités colossaux.
The statue doesn't look very good. The metal has corroded.
La statue n'a pas très bonne mine ; le métal s'est corrodé.
The acid has corroded the aluminum.
L'acide a corrodé l'aluminium.
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