a. [f. L. ērōs- ppl. stem of ērōdĕre (see ERODE) + -IVE.] Having the property of eroding.
1830. Lyell, Princ. Geol., I. 181. Should the erosive action not be accelerated in future, it will require upwards of thirty thousand years for the falls to reach Lake Erie.
1851. Richardson, Geol., x. 376. The erosive power of the water has been aided by the proneness of the volcanic rocks to decomposition.
1871. Tyndall, Fragm. Sc. (ed. 6), I. ix. 297. Proving its impotence as an erosive agent.
