erode
verb (used with object)
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.
eroded
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past participleof erode.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof erode.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
erodeverb (used with object)to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.
Example Sentences
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Once additional material stopped accumulating on the mountain, powerful winds may have gradually eroded portions of the existing rock, carving out the distinctive yardangs visible today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In Malibu, an enormous sink hole emerged in the driveway of a home belonging to Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage when pounding waves from a nearby hurricane eroded the coastline.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
If those safeguards are gradually eroded, he says, “the issue is no longer only whether the AfD is ‘bad for Jews.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It had rained the night before, and the only sound was the gurgle of the runoff pouring down through the eroded gullies on the hillside.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
