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verb (used with object)

to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.

to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.

verb (used without object)

to become eroded.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin ērōdere, equivalent to ē- e- + rōdere to gnaw

Related forms

e·rod·i·ble, e·rod·a·ble, e·ro·si·ble

[ih-roh-zuh-buhl, -suh-] , adjective

e·rod·i·bil·i·ty, e·rod·a·bil·i·ty, noun

non·e·rod·ed, adjective

non·e·rod·ing, adjective

un·e·rod·a·ble, adjective

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un·e·rod·ed, adjective

un·e·rod·i·ble, adjective

un·e·rod·ing, adjective

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Synonyms
1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.

Antonyms
1. strengthen, reinforce.

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Example Sentences

Flying over it, you can scarcely imagine that this ice could erode fast enough to dangerously raise sea levels any time soon.

For the people in crisis, it is a periodic budget buster, because unexpected outlays erode our income and savings.

Whatever the lawsuit's merit, it will erode banks' profits and capital and their capacity to lend.

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Flying over it, you can scarcely imagine that this ice could erode fast enough to dangerously raise sea levels any time soon.

For the people in crisis, it is a periodic budget buster, because unexpected outlays erode our income and savings.

Whatever the lawsuit's merit, it will erode banks' profits and capital and their capacity to lend.

The clay protects foraminifera from surrounding water and the sediments that might otherwise infiltrate and erode the shell.

And deep roots helped form sticky clays, which are harder to erode.

In my estimation far too much has already occurred to erode this precious people and their culture.

Few things will erode your faith in the federal government more than a congressional hearing on climate change.

Exposure to the elements causes tarnishing and even mild acids will pit and erode a coin's surface.

In effect, the self-interested activity of fund raising is thought to erode the disinterested pursuit of knowledge.

Both factors increase the temptation to erode the debt burden through inflation.

Storm surges following hurricanes and typhoons threaten to erode miles of coastline and coastal habitat.

Flip-flops, scandals and overblown headlines can erode confidence in science's authority as a source of truthful information.

But there's reason to believe some of the newest devices might not erode our minds.

Neighbors often fear that the presence of student-tenants in privately owned buildings erode their environment.

Europe's single currency will erode national banking borders.

If the river does not carry enough sediment to replenish islands and beaches, they begin to erode away.

As the permafrost melts, the soils become sandy and erode easily.

Rocks weather and erode into all sorts of shapes that the imagination can interpret as familiar objects.

It will erode your confidence, and you won't get the job.

These laws, say the critics, further erode the idea of marriage as a commitment for life.

The rocks were subsequently buried by limestone sediments, which erode easily.

Their lips and gums erode to reveal red, fanglike teeth.

Releasing new comics digitally, goes the theory, would erode the shops' customer base.

The introduction of the euro will further erode the yen's status as an international currency.

As rivers move from side to side, they gradually erode the valley, creating broad plains.

Monuments in certain parts of the country erode due to acid rainfall.

In addition, the crises will further erode young people's ability to find gainful employment.

Even domestic investors might reflect on the potential for inflation to erode the real value of their holdings.

There are some nice beaches, but tourist development on the beach front is beginning to erode some of the pristine beauty.

But being cut off may have preserved them from the changes that endlessly erode and re-create the world above.

Low inflation will gradually erode this difference, but joining the euro system before the change is well advanced would be risky.

Smashing waves erode the softer rock, leaving harder rock behind in the form of sea stacks.

And uplifting mountains produce a lot of sediment as they erode.

In the end, financial imperatives are likely to erode such concerns.

The conservationists say the oil would only last for six months and drilling for it would erode the pristine habitat.

These are issues that quickly erode the numbers, a state of affairs that inspires fear in the naming industry.

Moreover, as budget surpluses mount, support for continued fiscal restraint is likely to erode.

Damming rivers prevents silt from reaching deltas, causing them to erode.

Bond investors demanded a premium for the risk that inflation would erode the real value of their holdings.

Other nutrients derive from rocks, which release minerals into the soil as they erode.

Besides, they add, an empty protection fund could further erode confidence.

Torrential rains could erode dikes, releasing more mud, displacing more people.

The government, naturally, is reluctant to erode its lucrative fuel-tax revenues by increasing the rebate.

Glaciers can also erode rock particles to create silt.

Hit by a global slump, the economy will slow down enough to erode confidence in the government.

Without living reefs, these islands could rapidly erode.

And rivals are likely to continue to erode its share of the market.

Most moving-rock trails erode away within a couple years, she added.

Market power, of the sort conveyed by licences or regulation, tends to erode over time.

The harder the material in the land, the harder it is to erode.

Were this to happen, it would further erode investors' confidence, prompting them to demand still higher yields.

Likewise, the toxins can damage plants and erode walls and monuments.

Falling prices erode the value of collateral, tightening credit and depressing demand.

The same river or ocean currents that formed these barrier islands can also destroy or erode them.

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Over the years, this once-vibrant vacation spot watched both its sandy beaches and its tourism erode.

And it's a natural state for these islands to grow and erode and get washed away.

In mere hours, storms can erode material from one area and deposit it.

Industries worry that a new climate treaty could erode the value of a new idea, and the incentives to create new ideas.

At the core of my concern is a culture clash that may erode due process and disclosure in academe.

Sharp tuition increases and cutbacks in services threaten to erode a much-admired college and university system.

Take that away, and you erode the significance of the program.

Financial crises can pose such a threat to national incomes because of the way they erode national wealth.

Rising sea levels cause major problems as they erode and flood coastlines and, yes, as they mix salt water with fresh.

Hogs erode the soil and muddy streams and other water sources, possibly causing fish kills.

Opponents say the laws lifting bans erode local property rights.

If stock or fund based, a bad market could erode the gains, including the principal.

New highways and faster railways will erode painful memories of squalid trains and bumpy roads.

So when the wind blows it can be fierce enough to erode meters at a time," he said.

Infighting and vengeful attacks on civilians could erode international support for.

Some flooding from that overspill results-but not as much as if the spill were allowed to erode and destroy the levee itself.

But taken together, these policies unduly erode privacy protections in the electronic realm.

Normal wave action-potentially exacerbated by the offshore dredging of the sand itself-will erode the berms.

Their relationship continues to erode as she turns inward again.

The effect is to erode an initial cost advantage and to ease the burden of adjustment in other countries.

She is critical of black politicians who bury the issue because they fear blurring racial lines will erode their power base.

Countries may worry that a multilateral deal would erode the preferential terms they got through bilateral ones.

Although it is true that heavily indebted governments might be tempted to erode their debts through higher.

As this special report has argued, workers' skills may erode if long-term unemployment rises.

But green groups say that hardly helps, since peat bogs have varying depths, and draining a shallow part will erode the rest.

When debtors can no longer depend on inflation to erode their real debt burden, the repair of balance sheets takes longer.

If that kingdom remains stable, the risk premium may erode in a few weeks.

Fear that even allowing scientific study of climate change will erode national sovereignty.

Repealing its high tax rate on the rich did not erode the country's tax base as some might have feared.

But now, resentment over inequality is growing ever more vocal, even as the rich see the crisis erode some of their wealth.

Generous tax exemptions for exporters in special economic zones may erode future revenues.

The actual argument against means testing is that political support will erode if it is only for the poor.

Unanticipated inflation would erode the real value of wages, making workers cheaper to hire.

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World English Dictionary

erode (ɪˈrəʊd)

—vb
1.	to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away
2.	to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate: jealousy eroded the relationship
3.	(tr; usually passive) pathol to remove (tissue) by ulceration

[C17: from Latin ērōdere, from ex-¹ + rōdere to gnaw]

e'rodent

—*adj*, —n

e'rodible

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

erode

1610s; see erosion. Related: Eroded; eroding.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

erode e·rode (ĭ-rōd')
v. e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing, e·rodes

To wear away by or as if by abrasion.
To eat into; ulcerate.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

Erode

town, northern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India, on the Cauvery River. Temple inscriptions indicate the prominent role played by the town as early as the 10th century AD. Its name is associated with a Cola temple (907-1279) and means "wet skull." Though Erode was successively destroyed by Maratha, Mysore Muslim, and British armies, the surrounding fertile soils assisted in the town's quick recovery as an agricultural trade centre

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