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canker

('k/&//N/k/@/r )

a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark(noun.state)

source: wordnet30
an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)(noun.state)

Synonym:
canker sore

source: wordnet30
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of(noun.cognition)

Example:
According to him, I was the canker in their midst.

Synonym:
pestilence

source: wordnet30
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.(noun)

source: webster1913

become infected with a canker(verb.body)

source: wordnet30
infect with a canker(verb.body)

source: wordnet30
To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.(verb)

source: webster1913
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.(verb)

source: webster1913

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