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erosive

American  
[ih-roh-siv] / ɪˈroʊ sɪv /

adjective

  1. serving to erode; causing erosion.

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Etymology

Origin of erosive

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

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Erosive work of the ice.—Effect on topography.—The leading features of the rock bed over which glacier ice has moved, are easily recognized.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.

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