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Definition of Erode
Erode

To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.

To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys.

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Erode Quotations

God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode.
Bob Riley

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.
John Frankenheimer

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.
Grace Napolitano

The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a society's democratic values.
Tim Holden

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.
Mary Frances Berry

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.
Ugo Betti

Erode Translations

erode in German is ausfressen, wegfressen, zerfressen
erode in Latin is attero
erode in Spanish is carcomar, corroer


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