Synonyms for eating away
eat·ing away

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1. erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing awaynoun

   (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

   Synonyms:
   wear, wearing, erosion, corroding, wearing away, corrosion, eroding

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1. • Geological Process
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1. Former AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson:

   I was getting worried because my right ear is my good ear, my left ear is just about totally deaf. And when we got (to Australia), that’s when Dr. Chang found out that the fluids had crystallised and had been eating away at my ear.

2. George Ratiu:

   With not enough homes for sale, both first-time buyers and homeowners looking for a trade-up home are locked in place by surging prices and higher interest rates, the real challenge for Americans is that the high inflation is eating away at the growth in wages and salaries, on top of spiking housing and living costs.

3. George McGovern:

   The Establishment center ... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster -- a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

4. Steve Osburn:

   For most companies, it is a very expensive proposition to try to offer fast and free, it's really eating away at the margin dollars at some of these retailers.