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Erosion   Listen
noun
Erosion  n.  
1.
The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
2.
The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
3.
The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking against the coast.
4.
A gradual reduction or lessening as if by an erosive force; as, erosion of political support due to scandal; erosion of buying power by inflation. (fig.)





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Words linked to "Erosion" :   chemical change, decline, ablation, eroding, corroding, corrosion, detrition, geological process, pitting, abrasion, planation, soil erosion, roughness, chatter mark, attrition


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