Erode
Erode verb - To consume or wear away gradually.
Usage example: the fear that inflation will continue to erode people's savings
Ruin
Ruin verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a huge fire that ruined an entire city block
Common collocations
| friendship | erode friendship | ruin friendship |
| life | erode life | ruin life |
| relationship | erode relationship | ruin relationship |
| world | erode world | ruin world |
| Other words: morale. | ||
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Ruin and Erode. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/erode/ruin
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