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verb
Become ground down or deteriorate.
synonyms: eat at, erode, gnaw, wear away.
is a specific kind of: crumble, decay, dilapidate.
derivation: eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away | erosion | caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic.
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