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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.
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Eroding
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Related forms
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
EXPANDSynonyms
1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms
1. strengthen, reinforce.
1. strengthen, reinforce.
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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.
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