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Topic: GEOLOGY

erosion

 noun
     
e‧ro‧sion [uncountable]
1SG the process by which rock or soil is gradually destroyed by wind, rain, or the sea:
the problem of soil erosion
the erosion of the coastline
2 the process by which something is gradually reduced or destroyed
the gradual erosion of our civil liberties
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