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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Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
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Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
While asteroid strikes can occur anywhere on Earth, many ancient craters have been distorted, eroded, or buried over time due to tectonic shifts and surface weathering.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Even minor changes can slow recovery, eroding decades of coordinated progress.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Use gentle cleaners instead of harsh or acidic ones that can erode the resin binder.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for erode
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“Erode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erode. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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