erosion

/əˈɹəʊʒən/

Misollar

Heavy rains may cause soil erosion.
There is erosion against the intellect.
Because of erosion, the trail is rocky and deep.
We don't want an erosion of secularism in Algeria.
China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and urbanization.
Erosion is the key to discovery of nearly all paleontological specimens.

ot noun

The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process. the erosion of a person's trust
The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.

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