erode
verb (used with object), e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing.
verb (used without object), e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing.
Origin of erode
Related Words for erode
destroy, corrode, gnaw, consume, disintegrate, bite, crumble, scour, spoil, waste, eat, abradeExamples from the Web for erode
Contemporary Examples of erode
That started to erode after the two officers were assaulted last week.
De Blasio and the New York City Protesters Have No Blood on Their HandsJacob Siegel
December 22, 2014
It serves as a potent reminder that the cost in lives of one war can erode the will of a people to fight another.
Failure to secure their quick release can erode voter confidence and advertise the impotence of government.
Admittedly, a lot of undeserved cultural authority will have to erode before this idealization can materialize.
Alternatively, passing up a shot could allow an enemy to escape, kill U.S. citizens, and erode U.S. power.
Historical Examples of erode
This limit of the level of the sea beneath which they cannot erode is known as baselevel.
The Elements of GeologyWilliam Harmon Norton
Secure in its grip, these are used as graving-tools to erode its bed.
The Home of the BlizzardDouglas Mawson
There has not been time to erode them away since the Pleistocene glaciation.
Climatic ChangesEllsworth Huntington
It has been, and is being, created by sediments from the many torrents that erode the interior mountains.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
To erode a stratum 5000 feet thick will require at this rate thirty million years.
Pioneers of ScienceOliver Lodge