erosive
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In addition, increased erosive power associated with capture and basin integration drove accelerated incision during the Late Miocene.
From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023
The U.S. has been hesitant to regulate the social media giants, even as outside groups warn of the rise of hate speech and misinformation that can be erosive to civil society.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023
These divots grew into larger depressions as more erosive energy was concentrated in a smaller area, because the grass blocked part of each wave.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 15, 2023
Someone needed to take another look at the bipedal tracks at Site A. But those same seasonal rains that gift us fossil bones and footprints also have the erosive power to take them away.
From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2022
No doubt the erosive action of running water appears to have but small effect in a short time, and we are apt, therefore, to underestimate its power.
From Geology by Geikie, James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
