Erode
verb
To slowly destroy or weaken something over a period of time.
The river eroded the riverbank over the years.
Often appears as...
- erode confidence
- erode support
verb
To gradually reduce or destroy something, like respect or power.
His constant lateness eroded his standing with his supervisor.
Often appears as...
- erode trust
- erode credibility
verb
To slowly destroy or weaken something over a period of time.
The river eroded the riverbank over the years.
Often appears as...
- erode confidence
- erode support
verb
To gradually reduce or destroy something, like respect or power.
His constant lateness eroded his standing with his supervisor.
Often appears as...
- erode trust
- erode credibility
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Change
Refers to actual wear on tangible objects, like land.
Waves eroded the seaside cliffs.
Pro Tip 2/3Slow Process
Describes a gradual change, not happening overnight.
Foot traffic eroded the ancient monument's stairs.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Forces
Often used with weather or environmental elements causing the damage.
Acid rain eroded the statue's features.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Change
Refers to actual wear on tangible objects, like land.
Waves eroded the seaside cliffs.
Pro Tip 2/3Slow Process
Describes a gradual change, not happening overnight.
Foot traffic eroded the ancient monument's stairs.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Forces
Often used with weather or environmental elements causing the damage.
Acid rain eroded the statue's features.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Change
Refers to actual wear on tangible objects, like land.
Waves eroded the seaside cliffs.
Pro Tip 2/3Slow Process
Describes a gradual change, not happening overnight.
Foot traffic eroded the ancient monument's stairs.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Forces
Often used with weather or environmental elements causing the damage.
Acid rain eroded the statue's features.
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Why is Mount Everest so...
and form rain or snow. As that falls, it wears down the landscape, dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.
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This is what makes...
To hand that trust to your employees to do whatever they think is right makes the employees feel great. And this is why they're known for delivering some of the best service in the world. Idea number fairness. The thing that erodes trust in an organization
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A year in the life of...
The surrounding land has begun to be deforested, causing the riverbank to erode. Instead, she journeys upstream and settles in a clear, deep pool sheltered by a river red gum tree. Suddenly, a rustle flushes birds from the undergrowth and a fox appears.
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What is depression? -...
For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk. Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help. And the more patients seek treatment,
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Where did Russia come...
literacy, and even democratic freedoms uncommon for the time. But nothing lasts forever. Fratricidal disputes over succession began to erode central power as increasingly independent cities ruled by rival princes vied for control.
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Taking care of the ocean...
your voice to take care of the blue part of planet dearth and make it less than that make it rock make it the vibrant system that it was before we started to erode the natural systems to the point
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Why are eating disorders...
Eating disorders can provoke a powerful sense of powerlessness, but education for individuals, families, and communities helps erode the stigma and improve access to treatment.
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Sleep is your superpower...
or even Alzheimer's disease were not sufficiently disquieting, we have since discovered that a lack of sleep will even erode the very fabric of biological life itself,
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How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
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What is schizophrenia? -...
associated with schizophrenia. That’s why education— for patients, their families, and their communities— helps erode the stigma and improves access to treatment.
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Why is Mount Everest so...
and form rain or snow. As that falls, it wears down the landscape, dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.
Video examples
This is what makes...
To hand that trust to your employees to do whatever they think is right makes the employees feel great. And this is why they're known for delivering some of the best service in the world. Idea number fairness. The thing that erodes trust in an organization
Video examples
A year in the life of...
The surrounding land has begun to be deforested, causing the riverbank to erode. Instead, she journeys upstream and settles in a clear, deep pool sheltered by a river red gum tree. Suddenly, a rustle flushes birds from the undergrowth and a fox appears.
Video examples
What is depression? -...
For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk. Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help. And the more patients seek treatment,
Video examples
Where did Russia come...
literacy, and even democratic freedoms uncommon for the time. But nothing lasts forever. Fratricidal disputes over succession began to erode central power as increasingly independent cities ruled by rival princes vied for control.
Video examples
Taking care of the ocean...
your voice to take care of the blue part of planet dearth and make it less than that make it rock make it the vibrant system that it was before we started to erode the natural systems to the point
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Why are eating disorders...
Eating disorders can provoke a powerful sense of powerlessness, but education for individuals, families, and communities helps erode the stigma and improve access to treatment.
Video examples
Sleep is your superpower...
or even Alzheimer's disease were not sufficiently disquieting, we have since discovered that a lack of sleep will even erode the very fabric of biological life itself,
Video examples
How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
Video examples
What is schizophrenia? -...
associated with schizophrenia. That’s why education— for patients, their families, and their communities— helps erode the stigma and improves access to treatment.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?
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Mindy Grossman
American Businesswoman
Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short term, but you will completely erode your business and your culture in the long term. You're going to lose all your good people. You're not going to have people tell you the truth, and it becomes the tradition.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
I feel deeply my responsibility to teach sacred things. I am so aware that the world is changing and will be vastly different from the one I have known. Values have shifted. Basic decency and respect for good things are eroding.
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Stephanie Coontz
American Author
Unemployment, low wages, and poverty discourage family formation and erode family stability, making it less likely that individuals will marry in the first place and more likely that their marriages will dissolve.
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John Frankenheimer
American Director
Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.
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Patrick Leahy
American Politician
Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
It's said that history inevitably marches toward democracy, but it only leaves the possibility of democracy, and the constant threat that it would be eroded by big money.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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Brene Brown
American Author
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
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Mike Pence
American Vice President
Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?
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Mindy Grossman
American Businesswoman
Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short term, but you will completely erode your business and your culture in the long term. You're going to lose all your good people. You're not going to have people tell you the truth, and it becomes the tradition.
Quote examples
James E. Faust
American Clergyman
I feel deeply my responsibility to teach sacred things. I am so aware that the world is changing and will be vastly different from the one I have known. Values have shifted. Basic decency and respect for good things are eroding.
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Stephanie Coontz
American Author
Unemployment, low wages, and poverty discourage family formation and erode family stability, making it less likely that individuals will marry in the first place and more likely that their marriages will dissolve.
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John Frankenheimer
American Director
Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.
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Patrick Leahy
American Politician
Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
It's said that history inevitably marches toward democracy, but it only leaves the possibility of democracy, and the constant threat that it would be eroded by big money.
Quote examples
John F. Kennedy
American President
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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Brene Brown
American Author
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
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Mike Pence
American Vice President
Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government.
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