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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Maryland’s coastlines are eroding at an alarming rate.
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Once this box is opened, there’s no telling how many dangerous criminals will be released back into communities, threatening public safety and eroding trust in the criminal justice system.
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Edoardo Francesco Sabatino, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Maryland’s coastlines are eroding at an alarming rate.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025
Critics argue that such actions erode public trust and sow fear in immigrant communities.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Once this box is opened, there’s no telling how many dangerous criminals will be released back into communities, threatening public safety and eroding trust in the criminal justice system.
—Brian W Jones, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
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“Erode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erode. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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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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