Word "EROSION" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
Synonyms:
eating away, eroding, wearing, wearing away

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
erosion by chemical action
Synonyms:
corroding, corrosion

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a gradual decline of something
Examples:
after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors

Crossword Clues for EROSION

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Denuding action of weather or water (7)
Beach deterioration
Natural wearing
Perhaps ore is turned up on wearing away of the soil (7)
Wear rose, possibly, with one on (7) Puzzler Cryptic 14 Jun 2025
Loss of land seen when Piccadilly figure takes one on (7)
The eating of roe is no different (7)
Circus figure takes one on when rock is fragmented (7)
Wearing away The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 May 2025
Amount of wear Mirror Tea Time 13 May 2025
Wear rose, possibly, with one on (7) Puzzler Cryptic 03 May 2025
Coastal damage Puzzler Backwords 23 Apr 2025
Gradual wearing away Newsday 15 Apr 2025
Cause of river widening
Wearing-away process (IN OREOS anagram) (7)
Soil _
Process of wearing away The Telegraph Quick 26 Feb 2025
Denuding action of weathering
Shoreline problem Wall Street Journal 22 Feb 2025
Effect of sea on land, say, soon dire, sadly, with day gone (7)
The wearing away of land surface materials by water, wind, etc. (7)
Wearing away of coastal land (7)
Some damage caused by what you wore out? (7)
Wear rose cultivated by one working (7)
Geographical term for beach wear possibly (7)
No one returns with sore back ___ but it's wearing down (7)
No one returns with sore back - but it's wearing down (7)
This has an adverse effect on the stability of the banks (7)
Love-god charge for eating away (7)
Wearing action of water or wind (7)
No I sore all over due to wearing away (7)
Painful back, one on wear (7)
Wearing away The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 08 Nov 2024
Wearing away The Telegraph Quick 30 Oct 2024
Weathering The Times Concise 22 Oct 2024
Making noise or wearing away (7)
A wearing process, naturally (7)
Geological term for beach wear possibly (7)
Wearing away: - has destroyed the dunes
Shoreline woe Wall Street Journal 16 Sep 2024
Beach issue
Long-term result of a run on the bank? Wall Street Journal 14 Aug 2024
Canyon creator Wall Street Journal 29 Jul 2024
Men surrounded by clamour turning up and eating away (7) The Guardian Cryptic 29 Jul 2024
Wear rose, possibly, with one on (7) Puzzler Cryptic 19 Jul 2024
Act of wearing away
Or is one being eaten away (7)
A loving spirit in enfolding love is wearing (7)
Gradual break
Greek lover has been charged - it's a wearing process
Wearing effect of moving water (7)
Eating away of soil (7)
Beach problem LA Times Daily 30 May 2024
Loss of soil I soon replace after some hesitation (7)
Coastal wearing away (7)
Gradual wearing away (7) Puzzler 25 Apr 2024
When weathering, it's eating away at the coast (7)
Bank worry New York Times 20 Apr 2024
Noise or disturbance can be wearing
Eros and I get on to wear and tear (7)
Osier no different for showing sign of wear (7)
Dust Bowl problem Wall Street Journal 09 Apr 2024
Amount of wear Mirror Tea Time 08 Apr 2024
The wearing down of ire soon turns to it (7)
Beachfront worry Universal 27 Mar 2024
Weathering effect (7)
Rosie on about soil depletion (7)
Natural wear
No, Rose! I see the denuding action (7)
Commotion about soldiers backing attrition (7)
Wearing away of noise or nonsense (7)
Perhaps one is turned up on wearing away of the soil
Shoreline changer LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2024
Chief annoyed about persistent small loss The Times Cryptic 06 Oct 2023
Wearing away of rock The Times Concise 06 Jun 2023
Wearing away a god, Zeus's lover, with determination ultimately The Guardian Cryptic 05 Apr 2023
The wearing away by weather Irish Times Simplex 03 Apr 2023
Unwanted wearing Newsday 17 Mar 2023
Canyon creator Thomas Joseph 21 Feb 2023
So 'noire' (anag) The Guardian Quick 18 Jan 2023
Gradual decline The Guardian Quick 24 Aug 2022
Wearing away of rocks The Telegraph Quick 12 Aug 2022
Noise or otherwise, it's a feature of coastlines The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Jul 2022
Water-against-rocks process Family Time 17 Jul 2022
Sex at home without love — it wears things out The Guardian Cryptic 29 Jun 2022
Beach resort's concern Newsday 19 May 2022
Love trendy coats Oscar's wearing The Guardian Cryptic 06 May 2022
Love trendy coats Oscar's wearing
God! No one is retreating — destruction
Beach problem Thomas Joseph 26 Jan 2022
The gradual wearing away by weather Irish Times Simplex 23 Dec 2021
Undermining love at home, receiving nothing The Telegraph Toughie 27 Oct 2021
Gradual wearing away The Guardian Quick 06 Oct 2021
The wearing away by weather Irish Times Simplex 26 Aug 2021
Canyon creator Wall Street Journal 21 Aug 2021
Beach problem New York Times 02 Jun 2021
Wear sound clothing or rejects?
Process of wearing away The Times Concise 04 Jan 2021
Canyon creator Thomas Joseph 07 Dec 2020
Cliff face process Universal 04 Nov 2020
Deterioration rising, no one angry The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Aug 2020
The wearing away by weather Irish Times Simplex 17 Aug 2020
Cliff-top property woe Wall Street Journal 27 Jul 2020
Wear one rose on working clothes
Gradual destruction USA Today 20 Mar 2020
Greek god with one leg wasting away The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Feb 2020
It formed some features of Arches National Park The Washington Post 01 Sep 2019
It formed some features of Arches National Park LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2019
Wearing process The Times Concise 31 Jul 2019
Gradual decline The New Yorker 27 May 2019
Gully-forming effect USA Today 22 Mar 2019
Shoreline problem Wall Street Journal 10 Jan 2019
It formed some features of Arches National Park
Gully-forming effect
Shoreline problem
Love's fashionable, hiding nothing to wear
Canyon creator Newsday 09 Nov 2018
Process of wear The Times Concise 24 Oct 2018
Beachfront property woe New York Times 22 Oct 2018
Shoreline problem USA Today 29 Sep 2018
Geology 101 topic The Washington Post Sunday 02 Sep 2018
Bank trouble? New York Times 03 Jun 2018
No one annoyed about wear and tear
Cause of shrinking beaches LA Times Daily 30 Jan 2018
Cause of shrinking beaches The Washington Post 30 Jan 2018
Natural process illustrated by the last words of 18-, 24-, 37-, 54- and 61-Across New York Times 22 Jan 2018
Beach problem Thomas Joseph 12 Jan 2018
Bank trouble?
Natural process illustrated by the last words of 18-, 24-, 37-, 54- and 61-Across
Beachfront property woe
Shoreline problem
Cause of shrinking beaches
It may reduce some bank deposits Wall Street Journal 14 Dec 2017
Wearing Newsday 18 Nov 2017
The wearing away of rocks, e.g Universal 15 Jun 2017
Increasing din, gets choice of wear
Cause of a disappearing coastline Universal 14 May 2017
No one hurt in mounting destruction
It's caused by water slapping rocks Universal 09 Feb 2017
Cause of a disappearing coastline
The wearing away of rocks, e.g.
Famous London statue with one leg wearing away The Times Cryptic 01 Dec 2016
Soon ire can become wearing
The gradual wearing away by weather Irish Times Simplex 14 Sep 2016
Shoreline problem Universal 11 Aug 2016
Canyon-creating process USA Today 16 Jul 2016
Shoreline problem New York Times 31 Jan 2016
Shoreline problem
Shoreline problem
Canyon-creating process
Wearing process Newsday 26 Dec 2015
Wearing away The Telegraph Quick 16 Nov 2015
Men involved in racket reversing long-term damage The Times Cryptic 11 Nov 2015
Lover is charged with destruction Irish Times Crosaire 04 Jul 2015
The personification of love at home admitting love is dying away The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jan 2015
Environmental concern USA Today 11 Jan 2015
Wearing process
Shoreline problem
Environmental concern
Coastline concern
Wearing away of soil
Soil problem
Gradual decline
Environmental removal
Gradual deterioration
Reason for disappearing beaches
Gully creator
Sign of passing time
Deforestation concern
Deforestation concern
Gradual deterioration
Gradual decline
Wind and rain cause it
Wind and rain cause it
Gradual decline
Shoreline problem
Bank problem
Wind and rain cause it
Effect of wind, perhaps
Bank problem
Shoreline problem
Shoreline problem
Shore problem
Wearing-away process
Beach problem
Caused by clear-cutting
Bank withdrawal?
Flood damage
Detritus former
Gradual loss
Shoreline problem
Beach characteristic
Gradual deterioration
Problem on shores
Environmentalist's concern
Geology subject
Slow disintegration
What glaciers cause
Land destruction
Geology topic
Steady depletion
Seashore problem
Cause of dustbowls.
Phenomenon of the dust bowl.
Wearing away.
Effect of glacial movement.
Geologic process.
Wearing away of soil.
Waste of land.
Tide's havoc
Agricultural problem.
Processing of Dust Bowl.
Work of wind and wave.
Geologist's concern.
Object of conservationists' concern.
Eastern Colorado problem.
"Sculptor" of Utah's natural arches.
Problem in the Southwest.
Topsoil trouble.
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