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   erode

   /ɪˈrəʊd/

   verb

   • 1. (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land): "the cliffs on this coast have been eroded by the sea"
   • ▪ (of soil, rock, or land) be gradually worn away by natural agents: "soft sedimentary rocks have eroded away"
   • ▪ gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed: "this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has"
   • ▪ (of a disease) gradually destroy (bodily tissue): "many had their upper incisors missing and their maxillae eroded"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French éroder or Latin erodere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + rodere ‘gnaw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. erodible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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