Erode (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing.
  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), e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing.
  1. to become eroded.
verb
  1. to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away
  2. to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate
  3. to remove (tissue) by ulceration
Erode (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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