Destroy by degrees
The crossword clue "Destroy by degrees" is answered by ERODE, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERODE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERODE answer page.
Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERODE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERODE, most used first.
- Wear away - used 660 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear down - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Eat away - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
- Eat away at - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Undermine - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Chip away at - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose ground? - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Eat into - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Destroy slowly - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Disintegrate - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Deteriorate - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Whittle away - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
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