antierosive

e·ro·sive

[ih-roh-siv]
adjective
serving to erode; causing erosion.

Origin:
1820–30; < Latin ērōs(us) (see erose) + -ive

e·ro·sive·ness, e·ro·siv·i·ty, noun
an·ti·e·ro·sive, adjective
non·e·ro·sive, adjective
un·e·ro·sive, adjective
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erosion (ɪˈrəʊʒən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the wearing away of rocks and other deposits on the earth's surface by the action of water, ice, wind, etc
2.  the act or process of eroding or the state of being eroded
 
e'rosive
 
adj
 
e'rosional
 
adj

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Antierosive is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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erosive e·ro·sive (ĭ-rō'sĭv)
adj.
Causing erosion.

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