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What is another word for
grinding down
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Verb
Present participle for to make something hard smaller and smoother by rubbing or abrading it
Present participle for to weaken someone's morale over a long period
Present participle for to overcome with mental or emotional stress
Present participle for to shred (usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
Present participle for to be victorious over
Noun
The process of scraping or wearing something away
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Verb
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Present participle for to make something hard smaller and smoother by rubbing or abrading it
abrading
rubbing
eroding
wearing
eating away
wearing away
rubbing down
corroding
rasping
scouring
wearing down
eating into
chafing
grinding
scraping
fraying
filing
fretting
frazzling
galling
corrading
scraping away
undermining
washing away
denuding
scratching
grazing
scuffing
skinning
excoriating
grating
eating away at
erasing
wearing off
rubbing off
roughening
flaying
irritating
triturating
biting into
stripping
gnawing away at
scraping out
rotting
whittling away
consuming
eating
gnawing
decaying
spoiling
devouring
buffing
polishing
smoothing
sandpapering
sanding
honing
barking
rubbing raw
scoring
peeling
cutting
lacerating
damaging
etching
razing
dissolving
wearing out
tattering
burnishing
impairing
worn through
nicking
distressing
shaving
wearing thin
becoming worn
deteriorating
paring
gnawing away
scrubbing
oxidating
flaking
burning into
wasting
wounding
nibbling
brushing
rusting
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
shredding
tearing
marking
burning
rubbing against
biting at
rubbing painfully
husking
becoming ragged
hulling
becoming tattered
shucking
snicking
oxidizing
US
coming apart
dragging
tarnishing
decorticating
furbishing
corrupting
incising
destroying
cleaning
gouging
crumbling
decomposing
gashing
scarifying
hurting
oxidising
UK
biting
rubbing away
engraving
melting
becoming threadbare
wasting away
burning through
scuffing up
making a mark on
pinching
removing
notching
wearing threadbare
thinning
chipping
searing
shelling
raking
breaking the skin of
scaling
excorticating
disintegrating
denting
clearing
frotting
making ragged
peeling away
scarring
liquefying
exhausting
dissipating
stripping away
taking off
wearing to shreds
inflaming
shaping
grooving
scrawling on
keying
defacing
refining
blistering
scrabbling
pricking
levelling
UK
leveling
US
finishing
swabbing
running through
vaporizing
US
ablating
vaporising
UK
gritting
gnashing
ripping
exfoliating
raveling
US
ravelling
UK
chipping away at
scrunching
crunching
cankering
washing
going through
scrubbing down
going into holes
cleansing
shining
wiping
using
weathering
overworking
overusing
bothering
fading
taxing
mopping
flushing
purging
whitening
dighting
pumicing
buffing up
grinding away
crumbling away
cutting down
scraping off
using up
going to seed
more ❯
“A rasp is the same as a file in that both are covered with a surface of sharp teeth to
grind down
the wood.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to weaken someone's morale over a long period
persecuting
suppressing
oppressing
tormenting
maltreating
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
scourging
harassing
harrying
torturing
afflicting
molesting
destroying
weakening
ill-treating
dominating
subjugating
crushing
enslaving
coercing
ruling with a rod of iron
ruling with an iron hand
trampling
trampling underfoot
treating harshly
riding roughshod over
keeping down
holding down
domineering
browbeating
bullying
intimidating
victimising
UK
keeping under thumb
dictating to
lording it over
domineering over
bringing someone to their knees
ordering about
dictating
terrorizing
US
repressing
terrorising
UK
ruling despotically
treating brutally
pushing around
victimizing
US
ordering around
having someone under your thumb
subjecting
abusing
plaguing
hegemonizing
wronging
hounding
besetting
straining
walking all over
ruling over
ruling
chastening
controlling
putting screws to
tyrannizing over
despotizing
vexing
weighing heavy upon
annoying
overthrowing
beating down
riding
handicapping
pressing
picking on
encumbering
taxing
mastering
trampling on
outraging
worrying
holding sway over
distressing
exploiting
putting upon
forcing
aggrieving
saddling
mistreating
menacing
threatening
hectoring
leaning on
subduing
overpowering
pushing about
overwhelming
hassling
bulldozing
discriminating against
overbearing
strong-arming
putting down
having it in for
making things hot for someone
kicking around
needling
pressurizing
US
dragooning
brutalizing
US
cowing
pressurising
UK
brutalising
UK
having a down on
getting at
using strong-arm tactics on
putting the screws on
giving a hard time
ill-using
messing over
punishing unfairly
punishing
excruciating
overcoming
crucifying
pressuring
yoking
hustling
bullyragging
scaring
conquering
manhandling
demonizing
US
using
beating
immolating
mau-mauing
frightening
misusing
demonising
UK
putting the frighteners on
mishandling
making it hot for someone
disfranchising
steamrollering
subordinating
playing the heavy with
disenfranchising
hobbling
depriving
stacking the deck
having your knife into
gaining mastery over
gaining ascendancy over
gaining control of
getting hooks into
bringing to heel
rendering helpless
rendering incapable
rendering powerless
showing ill will towards
bossing
railroading
prevailing
predominating
preponderating
reigning
blustering
squeezing
swaggering
henpecking
bending
lording
bossing around
bossing about
giving orders to
leading by the nose
calling the shots
throwing your weight around
being in the saddle
running the show
bending to your will
running things
pushing the buttons
lording over
ruling the roost
more ❯
“I'm not impressed and I'm not scared. Don't let them
grind you down
!”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to overcome with mental or emotional stress
overmastering
overcoming
crushing
overwhelming
overpowering
prostrating
devastating
flooring
whelming
swamping
oppressing
snowing under
blowing away
stunning
dazing
quelling
cracking down on
subduing
suppressing
quashing
vanquishing
squashing
extinguishing
repressing
putting down
defeating
squelching
silencing
wrecking
knocking for six
knocking sideways
ruining
breaking
obliterating
conquering
quelching
killing
strangling
reducing
icing
slapping down
bringing someone to their knees
stamping out
forcing down
bearing down on
putting a stop to
clamping down on
putting an end to
snuffing out
blotting out
subjugating
overloading
smothering
traumatizing
US
stirring
moving
distressing
impressing
upsetting
striking
touching
shaking
shattering
affecting
dazzling
shocking
spellbinding
traumatising
UK
disturbing
bowling over
taking aback
leaving speechless
greatly upsetting
knocking the stuffing out of
sweeping over
sweeping someone off their feet
getting to
hitting for six
subordinating
treading
bringing under the yoke
putting the squeeze on
bringing to heel
treading on
checking
stopping
curbing
stifling
ending
thwarting
nipping in the bud
putting the kibosh on
destroying
terminating
arresting
abolishing
annihilating
frustrating
halting
inhibiting
controlling
putting the lid on
clobbering
restraining
wiping out
getting rid of
quenching
scotching
beating
routing
shutting down
finishing
demolishing
putting out
extirpating
sitting on
stemming
eliminating
hindering
limiting
cracking down
restricting
blocking out
curtailing
reining in
preventing
cutting off
putting paid to
bringing to an end
keeping in check
eradicating
scuppering
overturning
burying
discontinuing
obstructing
overthrowing
bridling
mastering
deadening
spiking
stymieing
blocking
containing
licking
queering
censoring
nixing
dominating
weeding out
shushing
throttling
trampling on
triumphing over
clamping down
holding back
cutting short
keeping under control
gaining mastery over
withholding
rejecting
dismissing
torpedoing
censuring
foiling
dashing
scuttling
spoiling
bringing to screeching halt
dishing
exterminating
expunging
messing up
settling
dumbing
banishing
removing
clamming
abating
dulling
constraining
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
gaining control over
governing
moderating
taming
scrunching
trashing
squishing
besting
surmounting
choking off
closing up
softening
mellowing
damping
keeping down
diminishing
lessening
dispatching
impeding
putting a lid on
bringing to a stop
bringing to a halt
doing for
regulating
putting the stopper on
toning down
prevailing over
gaining control of
winning against
getting the better of
getting a grip on
gagging
keeping the lid on
muffling
getting under control
keeping a lid on
holding in check
quietening down
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
strangling at birth
corking
choking
stilling
hushing
quietening
quieting
bottling up
drying up
shutting up
muzzling
coming down hard on
interrupting
cowing
bottling
trampling
clamping
getting tough
coming down heavily on
coming down on like a ton of bricks
tightening up on
coming down on
taking severe measures against
taking stern measures against
getting tough on
beating down
holding in
driving underground
keeping in
holding down
keeping inside
putting lid on
bringing to naught
putting kibosh on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shred (usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
grating
shredding
grinding
mincing
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
triturating
crumbling
crushing
granulating
fragmenting
fraying
macerating
mashing
razing
smashing
filing
shaving
skinning
slivering
rubbing into pieces
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be victorious over
overcoming
beating
conquering
defeating
besting
subduing
licking
mastering
overwhelming
overpowering
vanquishing
crushing
routing
trouncing
tanking
triumphing over
clobbering
destroying
drubbing
overthrowing
prevailing over
quelling
surmounting
thrashing
undoing
excelling
outclassing
outdoing
outstripping
stuffing
surpassing
dispatching
hammering
quashing
subjugating
worsting
demolishing
taking
upending
crucifying
curbing
devastating
downing
flooring
getting
overbearing
overmatching
pasting
skunking
slaughtering
stopping
surviving
weathering
whipping
hurdling
outliving
owning
prevailing
reducing
rendering
shellacking
shocking
stunning
throwing
walking over
winning
winning against
getting around
getting the better of
winning over
gaining a victory over
knocking out
knocking over
rendering helpless
rendering incapable
rendering powerless
rising above
walking all over
blowing out of the water
bringing someone to their knees
coming out on top of
doing down
running rings around
taking to the cleaners
coming out on top
making mincemeat of
wiping the floor with
massacring
outmatching
topping
bettering
trumping
triumphing
outperforming
outplaying
smashing
outdistancing
finishing
outgunning
outshining
beating hollow
defeating utterly
wiping out
putting paid to
cutting to pieces
knocking for six
defeating easily
gaining mastery over
defeating heavily
running circles around
murdering
creaming
trimming
slamming
annihilating
blowing out
flattening
giving someone a hiding
pounding
pulverizing
US
marmalizing
caning
pulverising
UK
giving someone a drubbing
turning inside out
trampling
killing
totalling
totaling
zapping
bearing down
humbling
overturning
overrunning
dropping
trashing
subverting
wallopping
walloping
putting down
whomping
torpedoing
skinning
lambasting
swamping
outmaneuvering
US
outmanoeuvring
UK
dominating
subjecting
repressing
subordinating
pacifying
smothering
outwitting
busting
whacking
steamrolling
ruining
whitewashing
pommelling
sinking
pommeling
decking
upsetting
flogging
slaying
edging
tanning
decimating
obliterating
ambushing
outflanking
butchering
routeing
entrapping
outrunning
outhitting
outjumping
shipwrecking
getting the upper hand
shutting down
working over
plowing under
edging out
running rings round
nosing out
gaining ascendancy over
winning a resounding victory over
running roughshod over
winning a victory over
finishing off
mowing down
taking it all
KO'ing
pipping at the post
putting an end to
bringing to ruin
taking to cleaners
rolling back
pwning
picking apart
wiping off the map
suppressing
striking
spanking
breaking
taming
outsmarting
humiliating
extinguishing
chastening
checkmating
thwarting
foiling
frustrating
circumventing
discomfiting
confounding
overriding
overmastering
beating down
gaining the upper hand over
getting the upper hand over
doing in
succeeding over
making a fool of
bringing to knees
getting one up on
putting someone in their place
gaining the advantage over
burying
smoking
trampling underfoot
whupping
whopping
whapping
dusting
bombing
tromping
waxing
bulldozing
larruping
larrupping
putting to flight
blowing away
throwing back in confusion
driving off
blowing out of water
shutting out
beating back
putting to rout
cleaning up on
snowing under
gaining control of
bringing to heel
bringing under the yoke
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of scraping or wearing something away
abrasion
attrition
corrosion
erosion
wear
scraping
chafing
friction
grating
rubbing
wearing
abrading
excoriation
scuffing
scratching
scouring
stripping
wearing away
wearing down
being eaten away
deterioration
waste
weathering
undermining
disintegration
decay
detrition
consumption
corroding
loss
weakening
destruction
spoiling
dissolving
dissolution
crumbling
sapping
rotting
corrasion
despoliation
decrease
desedimentation
eating away
wear and tear
gnawing away
scraping away
chipping away
wasting away
washing away
depreciation
degeneration
diminution
oxidation
oxidization
US
subversion
damage
decomposition
trituration
filing
wastage
damaging
rust
dilapidation
impairment
thinning
oxidisation
UK
dwindling
diminishment
battering
thinning out
slow destruction
natural wastage
a few knocks
depletion
dissipation
ablation
overuse
decrement
hard wear
ravages of time
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