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Definition of eroding:
Synonyms:
wear, eating away, corrosion, corroding, erosion, wearing away, wearing.
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decreasing (part of speech: verb)
- decreasing,
- lessening,
- draining,
- deducting,
- abating,
- dwindling,
- depleting,
- decrementing,
- concentrating,
- compressing,
- shrinking,
- receding,
- dying down,
- truncating,
- abridging,
- contracting,
- deflating,
- curtailing,
- lowering,
- subsiding,
- shortening,
- compacting,
- abbreviating,
- diminishing
- losing (part of speech: verb)
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diminishing (part of speech: verb)
- decreasing,
- draining,
- diminishing,
- minimizing,
- culling,
- compressing,
- lessening,
- condensing,
- concentrating,
- shortening,
- decrementing,
- curtailing,
- clipping,
- nipping,
- shrinking,
- tapering,
- deflating,
- lightening,
- abbreviating,
- depleting,
- abridging,
- pruning,
- paring,
- reducing,
- shaving,
- downgrading,
- shearing,
- contracting,
- truncating,
- trimming,
- compacting,
- cropping,
- dwindling,
- weeding,
- bobbing
Usage examples:
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Recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more.
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The silty soil preferred by the willow is scarce as both streams are actively eroding their channels.
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Extending its graded course upstream by cutting away barrier after barrier, it comes to have a widened and mature valley over its lower course, while its young headwaters are still busily eroding their beds.