erosive
Example Sentences
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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
When the flows are high, they become fire hoses, channeling the energy and erosive force of the river downstream.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 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
It is as if these striking forms were inherent in the rocks, waiting for the erosive forces to liberate them.
From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
