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e⋅rode
[i-rohd] 
verb, e⋅rod⋅ed, e⋅rod⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money. |
| 2. | to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to become eroded. |
Related forms:
e⋅rod⋅i⋅ble, e⋅rod⋅a⋅ble, e⋅ro⋅si⋅ble [i-roh-zuh-buh
l, -suh-] , adjective
[i-roh-zuh-buhl, -suh-] , adjective e⋅rod⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, e⋅rod⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
Synonyms:
1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms:
1. strengthen, reinforce.
1. strengthen, reinforce.
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| e·rode (ĭ-rōd') v. e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing, e·rodes v. tr.
To become worn or eaten away: The cliffs have eroded over the centuries. Public confidence in the administration eroded. [Latin ērōdere, to gnaw off, eat away : ē-, ex-, ex- + rōdere, to gnaw; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.] e·rod'i·bil'i·ty n., e·rod'i·ble adj. |
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Eroded
E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a. 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away. 2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
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