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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
erosion
/ɪˈrəʊʒən/
noun
The slow wearing away of something over time.
- “Coastal erosion has swallowed several metres of farmland.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))