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erode

verb as in deteriorate; wear away

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The final results could reveal that vaccines may not block transmission as much as hoped, so if they’re overhyped, trust in public health officials could erode and lead to more vaccine hesitancy.

From Vox

Now a new study shows just how much this enterprise has eroded our privacy.

Eisen argues that the emphasis on moon shots erodes the foundation that makes those advances possible, which is long-term stable support of pure research.

From Time

Trust in public health officials has been dangerously eroded.

From Vox

Yet for many, it seemed a step too far in government intrusions after a year and counting of a dignity-eroding pandemic.

That started to erode after the two officers were assaulted last week.

Otherwise, we morally erode the environment to be the type that makes interaction with others so difficult in the first place.

It serves as a potent reminder that the cost in lives of one war can erode the will of a people to fight another.

Failure to secure their quick release can erode voter confidence and advertise the impotence of government.

A failure to act “would erode, perhaps obliterate” the taboo against such weapons.

The ages that it had taken this stream to erode such a bed for itself was beyond imagination.

There has not been time to erode them away since the Pleistocene glaciation.

The area up-stream from the culvert will not erode below the level of the top of the box at the inlet end.

It would take a lot of time to erode away that much massive stone.

As a result, there is a substantial defense imbalance that will erode fighting power.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to erode, such as: corrode, destroy, abrade, bite, consume, and crumble.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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