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    [Verb]  | "cor*rade" | \ kə-ˈrād \


    1: to wear away by abrasion

    2: to crumble away through abrasion


    Origin: 1646 ;

     Borrowed from Latin corrādere "to rake together, sweep up, scrape off," from cor-, variant before of com- {see: |com-|com-} + rādere "to scrape, scratch, shave" {mat|rase|};

    [Verb]  | "corrade" 


    1: to damage or diminish by continued friction;


      * e.g., " ... the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription "



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     [ "Corradize" ]

    1: To overly complicate a set of tasks or project plan to the point where it becomes unachievable. From Italian heavy armored knights (corrazziere) who were over equipped with armor and rendered ineffective.

      * e.g.,  ... we had a good plan to deliver in 3 months, until harry showed up and corradized it. Now we'll be lucky to deliver in 3 years. 

     [ "Corradize" ]

    1: To tie up a Project so that everything gets gummed up, and focused solely on whataboutery, so no progress is made on Deliverables.

      * e.g.,  ... We had a three month analysis to do, but then the PM corradized it, and now we are six months in, without a word being written. 

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