erosion
Nouns
- (n) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) eating away, eroding, wearing, wearing away,
- (n) condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
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(n) a gradual decline of something
- after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors
- (n) erosion by chemical action corroding, corrosion,