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e·rode    Audio Help   [i-rohd] Pronunciation Key verb, e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.
2.to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.
–verb (used without object)
3.to become eroded.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L érōdere, equiv. to é- e- + rōdere to gnaw]

—Related forms
e·rod·i·ble, e·rod·a·ble, e·ro·si·ble    Audio Help   [i-roh-zuh-buhl, -suh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
e·rod·i·bil·i·ty, e·rod·a·bil·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
—Antonyms 1. strengthen, reinforce.
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