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The Clue
Chip away (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERODE
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Notes
The answer ERODE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
Related Clues
Corrode
Undercut
Undermine
Wear
Blow away?
Chip away at
Destroy slowly
Diminish by degrees
Diminish gradually
Diminish slowly
Eat away
Lose underpinnings
Run to seed
Sap slowly
Slip away
Subject to ablation
Subject to detrition
Subject to planation
Wash away
Wear away
Wear down
Weather away
Whittle away
Be slowly destroyed
Wash away, as soil
Wash or wear away
Break down bit by bit
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"