Eat away (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ERODE

{ Related Clues }

Corrode
Disintegrate
Molder
Undermine
Wear
Decay by degrees
Destroy by degrees
Eat into
Lose ground?
Run to seed
Subject to ablation
Subject to planation
Wash away
Wear away
Wear down
Develop ruts, say
Lose little by little
Show signs of weakening
What storms do to riverbanks

{ Tags }

ablation, away, chip, degrees, destroy, diminish, disintegrate, down, eat, erode, gradually, ground, lose, molder, planation, slowly, subject, support, undermine, wash, wear

{ Notes }

The answer ERODE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ERODE as a verb:

1. (erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away) = become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

2. (erode, eat away, fret) = remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"