degrade

In a sentence

Three example sentences with degrade, each labelled with its topic.

• Decades of plowing degraded the hillside until winter rain carried the last thin topsoil into the river below.

  Environment

• Meltwater degrades the valley floor a few millimeters each summer, which glaciologists measure with stakes driven into gravel.

  Science

• The terraces were rebuilt every spring because storms degraded the slope beneath the temple faster than masons could repair it.

  Architecture

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More Academic words

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