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Erode   Listen
verb
Erode  v. t.  (past & past part. eroded; pres. part. eroding)  
1.
To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood... erodes the vessels." "The smaller charge is more apt to... erode the gun."
2.
(Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
(a)
To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
(b)
To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys.
3.
To reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. (fig.)






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Words linked to "Erode" :   eat away, dilapidate, fret, eroding, crumble, eat at, erosive, wear away, decay, gnaw at, damage, erosion



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