Synonyms of the word

erosion

• n. (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff…
• n. (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction,…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
• n. (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
• n. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from…
• n. (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
• n. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

corroding

• v. present participle of corrode.
• n. corrosion.

corrosion

• n. The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
• n. A substance (such as rust) so formed.
• n. (chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
• n. (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

decline

• n. Downward movement, fall.
• n. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
• n. A weakening.
• n. A reduction or diminution of activity.
• v. (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
• v. (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
• v. (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
• v. (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
• v. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
• v. (transitive) To refuse, forbear.
• v. (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and…
• v. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
• v. (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because…

diminution

• n. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
• n. The act or process of making diminutive.
• n. (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

eroding

• v. present participle of erode.

wearing

• adj. intended to be worn.
• adj. causing tiredness.
• adj. causing erosion.
• n. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
• n. The act by which something is worn.
• n. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
• v. present participle of wear.