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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Inflation is an inevitable economic reality that erodes your purchasing power over time.
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Prasanna Kumar, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
But the context in which the show is premiering makes this a surreal project, where legal rights and principles we were once told were sacrosanct are being eroded.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Although Powell was never accused of wrongdoing regarding the trading controversy, the episode led to stricter rules for central bank leaders and further eroded public confidence.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2025
In Vermont, the rivers make their way through topsoil and clay, which are easily eroded by the movement of the water, but the Guadalupe’s meanders and straight reaches are entrenched in bedrock.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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Prasanna Kumar, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
But the context in which the show is premiering makes this a surreal project, where legal rights and principles we were once told were sacrosanct are being eroded.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Although Powell was never accused of wrongdoing regarding the trading controversy, the episode led to stricter rules for central bank leaders and further eroded public confidence.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2025
In Vermont, the rivers make their way through topsoil and clay, which are easily eroded by the movement of the water, but the Guadalupe’s meanders and straight reaches are entrenched in bedrock.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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“Erode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erode. Accessed 29 Jul. 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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