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Synonyms for erode
ɪˈroʊderode
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Princeton's WordNet
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear awayverb
become ground down or deteriorate
"Her confidence eroded"
Synonyms:
eat at, wear away, fret, whittle down, whittle away, wear off, gnaw, gnaw at, eat awayerode, eat away, fretverb
remove soil or rock
"Rain eroded the terraces"
Synonyms:
gnaw, fret, rankle, gag, chafe, eat into, fray, gnaw at, fuss, grate, eat at, gall, choke, wear away, eat away, niggle, rub, scratch
Editors Contribution
undermine
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7665 | scratch | |
#12429 | gag | |
#12745 | rub | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21252 | gall | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27707 | fray | |
#30495 | erode | |
#33184 | grate | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#102831 | gnaw | |
#167642 | niggle | |
#249874 | rankle |
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Renee Tarnutzer of Understory:
A roof inspection is critical because roofs are the most commonly damaged part of a home during severe weather, roof longevity can erode quickly and cause leaks, stains on walls, and even flood damage.
Boundaries erode all the time between practitioner and taxpayer.
I think that this could erode ... confidentiality when dealing with medical data and medical information.
Even in trace amounts, these contaminants can alter the developing brain and erode a child's IQ, the impacts add up with each meal or snack a baby eats — especially when the levels are as high as Healthy Babies Bright Futures' research and the subcommittee's new report show.
When you start treating people differently not because of any harm they are doing to anybody, but because they are different, that's the path whereby freedoms begin to erode, and bad things happen.
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