alloyed
past simple and past participle ofalloy
alloy
verb[T]
literaryuk/əˈlɔɪ/us/əˈlɔɪ/tospoilsomething orreduceit invalue:
Mypleasureinreceivingtheletterwassomewhatalloyed byitscontents.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- butcher
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
Examplesofalloyed
alloyed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The concentration of alloying elements and the thickness of thealloyedlayer can be gradually increased by increasing the number of irradiation cycles.
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When facing the reality of one's existence, joy and meaning arealloyedwith pain and suffering.
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To increase the thickness of thealloyedlayer, the operations of coating deposition and pulsed melting were repeated alternately two times.
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When this theme wasalloyedwith biblical morality, however, it was ethicized as a narrative of corruption and redemption.
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In this case, the thickness of thealloyedlayer is about an order of magnitude greater than that attainable on nanosecond laser alloying.
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What is certain is that the pleasure's of modern civilisation are being sadlyalloyedby these growing responsibilities.
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They wear away and lose shape when made into wares unless they arealloyedwith copper and other base metals.
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It is possible to view this withalloyeddelight.
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At the other end there are the high alloy steels, the steelsalloyedwith all sorts of elements—nickel, chronium, molybdenum, tungsten, and so forth.
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In the use of materials comes the knowledge ofalloyedsteels, reinforced laminated compounds, light alloys, aluminium and magnesium group of metals, timber and plastics.
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And there will be a strong independent minority in light sections and bars,alloyedbars and sheets, cold rolled strip, steel tubes, pipes and fittings.
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Unlessalloyedwith base metals, precious metals may be too soft to withstand wear and, therefore, mixing of precious metals and base metals is usually a necessity.
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The large bell is reputed to be made from bronzealloyedwith gold, that make it too heavy for would be robbers to carry away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ironalloyedwith various proportions of carbon gives low, mid and high carbon steels, with increasing carbon levels reducing ductility and toughness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As little as 50 parts per million of berylliumalloyedwith liquid magnesium leads to a significant increase in oxidation resistance and decrease in flammability.
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