(v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

abate ablate abrade abrase absorb abstract assimilate atomize bark bate be consumed be eaten away be gone bite bleed white break up burn up canker cease cease to be cease to exist chafe come apart consume consume away corrode crack up crumble crumble into dust curtail decay decline decompose decrease deduct deliquesce dematerialize depart deplete depreciate derogate destroy deteriorate detract die die away die out digest diminish disappear disintegrate disjoin disorganize disparage dispel disperse dissipate dissolve dive do a fade-out drain drain of resources dribble away drop drop off dwindle eat eat away eat into eat up ebb erase evanesce evaporate exhaust exit expend extract fade fade away fade out fall fall away fall off fall to pieces file file away finish finish off fission flee fly fray frazzle fret gall gnaw gnaw away go go away gobble gobble up grate graze grind grind down hide impair impoverish ingest languish leach leave no trace leave the scene lessen let up melt melt away molder nibble away oxidize pass pass away pass out perish plummet plunge purify rasp raze reduce refine remove retire from sight retrench rub rub away rub off rub out ruffle run low rust sag scour scrape scrub scuff shorten shrink sink sink away skin spend split squander subduct subside subtract suck dry suffer an eclipse swallow swallow up tail off take away take from tatter thin thin out use up vanish vanish from sight wane waste waste away wear wear away wear down wear off wear out wear ragged weather weed withdraw