Capitalism tends to erode the moral foundations on which it was built.
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Erode
//ɪˈɹəʊd//
Synonyms for "erode" (197 found)
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38 translations across 19 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- эрадзі́раваць verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Bulgarian
2 entries- еродирам verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- разяждам verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 侵蝕 /侵蚀 verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- 腐蝕 /腐蚀 verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Danish
1 entries- erodere verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Dutch
4 entries- aantasten verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- aanvreten verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- afslijten verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- corroderen verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Finnish
3 entries- jäytää verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- kuluttaa verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- syövyttää verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
French
1 entries- éroder verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
German
1 entries- erodieren verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Italian
3 entries- corrodere verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- erodere verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- rodere verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Māori
2 entries- ngāhorohoro verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- weku verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- erodere verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- erodera verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- erodere verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Portuguese
1 entries- erodir verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Russian
1 entries- эроди́ровать verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Spanish
2 entries- corroer verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- erosionar verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Swedish
2 entries- erodera verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- urholka verb ((figurative) To destroy gradually)
Ukrainian
1 entries- еродува́ти verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Vietnamese
2 entries- xâm thực verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
- xói mòn verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַוועקשווענקען verb (to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This will erode our credibility.
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This will erode his credibility if it is made more widely known.
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By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
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