eroding

The eroding power of ice is determined by its thickness, that is to say, by its weight.

It is eroding the unity of what was once a Stalinist empire.

Long gorges or canyons tend to occur in regions where river erosion is not greatly assisted by the other eroding agents.

Let us next proceed to consider how the eroding agents act upon the surface of the land as soon as it is exposed.

They hide beneath their stunted, twisted forms the first deep gashes carved in the mountain slopes by eroding streams.

At the falls the river has several times changed its course in eroding first one soft spot, then another.

It is now known that cirques are produced primarily by the eroding action of the ice masses embedded in them.

It is a kind of clay on which the eroding power of water has little effect.

Constantinople was growing in power, and Greek influence was eroding the political and cultural influence of the Romans.

Scratching and eroding the mucous membrane of the neighborhood give rise to new deposits.