erode

1 - The speaker from China has pointed out that terracing the soil is one conservation method used widely in his country to control erosion.

2 - Erosion is regarded not merely as the physical removal of soil by water and wind but rather as the deterioration of all the component parts of the habitat in which man and his crops and livestock have to exist.

3 - The speed and duration of the wind have direct relationship to the extent of soil erosion.

4 - Sudden movements in exchange and interest rates can erode profit margins, strain your cash flow and shrink overall profits.

5 - Stress in the nurse can erode the nurse-patient relationship, or even act as a barrier to forming one.