erosive

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In many industries, wear-resistant coatings are used to protect a structure from erosive wear.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

The U.S. has been hesitant to regulate the social media giants, even as outside groups warn of the rise of hate speech and misinformation that can be erosive to civil society.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Someone needed to take another look at the bipedal tracks at Site A. But those same seasonal rains that gift us fossil bones and footprints also have the erosive power to take them away.

From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2022

"Having worked with lithium, I can tell you there is nothing safe about it," she noted of the highly caustic and erosive metal.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2022

Raised out of water, and exposed to erosive action of wind and water, these deposits are easily worn away, for they have not the solidity of older rocks.

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