eroded; eroding
1
: to diminish or destroy by degrees:
a
: to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
b
: to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice
flooding eroded the hillside
c
: to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away
inflation eroding buying power
2
: to produce or form by eroding
glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
: to undergo erosion
where the land has eroded away
Examples of erode in a Sentence
Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
The shoreline has eroded badly.
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On the macro level, those price increases would also erode consumer spending.
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Annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Together, all these reflect attempts to erode the public’s trust in elections.
—ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
Nate Silver’s latest forecast finds Trump’s slight advantage eroding in the past few days, effectively bringing the odds for each candidate to 50-50.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
And that returns us to the bottom-line choice in this election: One candidate will preserve the Constitution and the rule of law; the other will erode them.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Together, all these reflect attempts to erode the public’s trust in elections.
—ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
Nate Silver’s latest forecast finds Trump’s slight advantage eroding in the past few days, effectively bringing the odds for each candidate to 50-50.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
And that returns us to the bottom-line choice in this election: One candidate will preserve the Constitution and the rule of law; the other will erode them.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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erode
transitive verb
eroded; eroding
1
: to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
acids that erode the teeth
bone eroded by cancer
2
: to remove with an abrasive
a dental tool that erodes the decayed area
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