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What is the verb for erosion?

What's the verb for erosion? Here's the word you're looking for.

erode
  1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction.
  2. (figuratively) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “All of this leaves gnawing questions, questions that erode consumer confidence.”
      “This constant friction will erode the rock and soil.”
      “Precious metals eventually erode and rust.”
eroded
erodes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of erode
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Farmers say that in some places it's so thick, grass won't grow underneath it and the soil erodes.”
      “The scourge is not only devastating but it destroys systems and erodes all integrity in the affected society.”
      “Money is a balm that eases people's shame, and a corrosive that erodes the bonds of tribalism.”
eroding
  1. present participle of erode
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Practically all of them are mixed up in some kind of criminal dodginess anyway, so it's hardly eroding their morals.”
      “Trees and forests had been cut down to provide fuel and even the most fertile soils were eroding at an alarming rate.”
      “Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed a giant intracranial parasagittal frontal tumour eroding through the top of the skull.”
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