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erode
[ ih-rohd ]
verb (used with object)
- to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.
verb (used without object)
- to become eroded.
erode
/ ɪˈəʊ /
verb
- to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away
- to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate
jealousy eroded the relationship
- tr; usually passive pathol to remove (tissue) by ulceration
Derived Forms
- ˈǻ徱, adjective
- ˈǻԳ, adjectivenoun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ǻi· ·ǻa· ··· [ih-, roh, -z, uh, -b, uh, l, -s, uh, -], adjective
- ·ǻi·i·ٲ ·ǻa·i·ٲ noun
- ԴDze·ǻĻ adjective
- ԴDze·ǻiԲ adjective
- un·ǻa· adjective
- ܲe·ǻĻ adjective
- un·ǻi· adjective
- ܲe·ǻiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of erode1
Example Sentences
Human rights groups say judges are under political control, and Turkish democracy is being eroded, year on year.
Critics often say that once assisted dying is legalised, over time the safeguards around such laws get eroded as part of a "slippery slope" towards more relaxed criteria.
In one 2020 tweet, Schleifer accused Trump of eroding constitutional integrity “every day with every lie and every act of heedless, narcissistic corruption.”
County Department of Mental Health, said that while good work is done by many, bureaucracy sabotages innovation and erodes the morale of front-line workers.
When mistrust is left to grow, it doesn’t just erode our faith in institutions — it turns us against one another.
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