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Verb
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Present participle for to remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization
ablating
eroding
eating
gnawing
abrading
corroding
dissolving
melting
vaporisingUK
vaporizingUS
wearing away
chipping away at
eating away at
gnawing away at
Verb
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Present participle for to scour or wear away a surface, especially gradually
eroding
abrading
corroding
chafing
rasping
rubbing
wearing
fretting
galling
consuming
fraying
frazzling
corrading
eating
scouring
gnawing
decaying
devouring
spoiling
eating away
eating into
grinding down
scraping
grinding
grating
filing
wearing away
wearing down
biting into
gnawing away at
tattering
sanding
buffing
impairing
sandpapering
burnishing
barking
peeling
damaging
wearing out
rubbing down
wearing to shreds
scratching
grazing
scuffing
skinning
excoriating
flaying
stripping
roughening
irritating
triturating
erasing
eating away at
wearing off
rubbing off
scraping out
rubbing raw
cutting
razing
lacerating
wearing thin
becoming worn
worn through
unravelingUS
unravellingUK
shredding
tearing
distressing
scoring
wounding
etching
becoming ragged
becoming tattered
coming apart
shaving
dragging
paring
nicking
scarifying
rubbing away
becoming threadbare
pinching
nibbling
hurting
scrubbing
burning
rubbing against
rubbing painfully
husking
biting at
brushing
hulling
wearing threadbare
decorticating
shucking
shelling
thinning
flaking
polishing
making ragged
snicking
smoothing
peeling away
stripping away
breaking the skin of
honing
furbishing
shaping
refining
levellingUK
levelingUS
finishing
ripping
ravellingUK
ravelingUS
incising
gashing
gouging
grooving
marking
scrabbling
pricking
wasting
dissolving
deteriorating
crumbling
making a mark on
going through
using
undermining
overusing
bothering
weathering
fading
taxing
overworking
going into holes
gnawing away
washing away
wasting away
grinding away
crumbling away
scraping off
cutting down
using up
going to seed
Noun
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The gradual destruction or diminution of something
erosion
corrosion
attrition
deterioration
abrasion
wear
waste
weathering
disintegration
undermining
decay
detrition
wearing
consumption
corroding
loss
destruction
spoiling
weakening
crumbling
dissolution
dissolving
rotting
sapping
corrasion
decrease
desedimentation
despoliation
wearing away
eating away
wear and tear
gnawing away
chipping away
grinding down
wasting away
washing away
wearing down
friction
depreciation
degeneration
abrading
excoriation
diminution
scuffing
oxidation
oxidizationUS
subversion
damage
decomposition
trituration
filing
wastage
damaging
rust
dilapidation
impairment
thinning
oxidisationUK
dwindling
diminishment
battering
thinning out
slow destruction
natural wastage
a few knocks
depletion
dissipation
ablation
overuse
decrement
scraping
chafing
grating
rubbing
hard wear
ravages of time
scratching
scouring
stripping
being eaten away
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