eat away

باللغة العربية: أَبْلَى، أَهْلَكَ، أَكَلَ، نَخْرَبَ

1. To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually. (transitive) · The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water.
2. To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process. (figuratively, transitive)
3. Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at). (figuratively, transitive) · The guilt of having lied was eating away at him.· Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.