as in corrosion
a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction
the erosion of the banks along the river worries flood experts
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Recent Examples of erosion
The dam shouldn’t have trees growing on it or have erosion.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
Each expression of Iran’s anger has confirmed its slow erosion of power.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
There’s no consensus on what could be causing the landslides, but possibilities include groundwater seeping out of the hillsides, beach erosion, over-irrigation by homeowners and heavy rainfall, according to the grand jury.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
That means trees deemed hazardous have been hauled away, too, and erosion control has been applied to the lot.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
Each expression of Iran’s anger has confirmed its slow erosion of power.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
There’s no consensus on what could be causing the landslides, but possibilities include groundwater seeping out of the hillsides, beach erosion, over-irrigation by homeowners and heavy rainfall, according to the grand jury.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
That means trees deemed hazardous have been hauled away, too, and erosion control has been applied to the lot.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erosion
corrosion
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That artifact, moved into the attraction in 2012, also has conservation underway, fending off corrosion.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2025
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This latest restoration will include the removal of the paint, corrosion, cleaning of the sculpture, application of a new black patina and a protective wax coating, the release said.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Erosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erosion. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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