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The Clue
Fall off (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
Disintegrate
Molder
Undercut
Undermine
Crumble, as support
Decrease, as support
Destroy by degrees
Diminish gradually
Eat away
Gradually remove
Lose ground?
Lose support
Lose underpinnings
Rot slowly
Slowly destroy
Subject to ablation
Subject to detrition
Subject to planation
Wash away
Waste away
Weaken gradually
Wear away
Wear down
Withdraw from the bank?
Fall off, as support
Opposite of build up
Wash or wear away
Wear away, as soil
Break down bit by bit
What seas do to shores
What storms do to riverbanks
What waves do to shores
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"