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
The 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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The speed with which some fan confidence in him has eroded was, nevertheless, unprecedented considering no Liverpool manager (or in Slot’s case, head coach) has delivered the league title at the end of their first season since Kenny Dalglish in 1985-86. —
Simon Hughes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Some lawmakers, like DeSaulnier, worry the scandals will continue to erode Americans’ confidence in the government and the people who represent them. —Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Mammoth bluffs followed by last-minute retreats only deepened perceptions of inconsistency, further eroding deterrence. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 Britain’s strategic significance for the United States eroded further with Brexit, starting in 2016 with the approval of a referendum to leave the European Union and the formal withdrawal four years later. —Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for erode
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Some lawmakers, like DeSaulnier, worry the scandals will continue to erode Americans’ confidence in the government and the people who represent them. —Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Mammoth bluffs followed by last-minute retreats only deepened perceptions of inconsistency, further eroding deterrence. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 Britain’s strategic significance for the United States eroded further with Brexit, starting in 2016 with the approval of a referendum to leave the European Union and the formal withdrawal four years later. —Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for erode
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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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