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What is another word for
wear away
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To erode gradually and progressively
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
To erode or corrode gradually
To consume or deplete gradually
To scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
To cause to lose energy or become physically weaker
(
of a person or a part of the body
)
To become progressively weaker and more emaciated
To come or fall away from a surface in flakes
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
To erode gradually and progressively
erode
wear down
eat away at
wear out
weaken
diminish
eat into
chip away at
decrease
lessen
reduce
moderate
degrade
mitigate
taper
curb
depreciate
dilute
dampen
curtail
cut
depress
abate
attenuate
blunt
quell
alleviate
allay
restrain
impair
shrink
contract
lower
wane
subside
ease
minimize
US
deaden
decrement
palliate
lighten
dwindle
mute
downsize
muffle
damp
soften
ebb
de-escalate
wind down
take the sting out
take the bite out
cut back
abase
minimise
UK
take the edge off
squelch
smother
tone down
ease off
roll back
cushion
stifle
subdue
tail off
assuage
peter out
cut down
soothe
dull
put a damper on
more ❯
“The woman in the darkness could hear him laughing and talking with a guest who was striving to
wear away
a dull evening by dozing in a chair by the office door.”
Verb
▲
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
attack
infect
affect
damage
injure
corrupt
devastate
vitiate
afflict
cripple
destroy
contaminate
mar
ruin
spoil
annihilate
demolish
impair
ravage
trouble
compromise
impact
overcome
touch
harm
strike
break
influence
perturb
sabotage
taint
upset
defile
occur
pollute
prevail
crush
hurt
overwhelm
poison
blight
debase
impinge
weaken
impact on
impinge upon
prevail over
shake up
spread to
strike at
strike down
do damage to
play havoc with
take hold of
wreak havoc on
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
deface
wreck
blemish
mangle
smash
desecrate
shatter
trash
vandalize
US
gut
undo
tarnish
endamage
disrupt
stain
total
flaw
bloody
crab
blot
disfeature
raze
smirch
sully
crack
split
vandalise
UK
bleach
discolour
UK
lacerate
scathe
dent
scratch
play merry hell with
drive a nail into the coffin of
scorch
maltreat
abuse
knock
rust
fade
tear
rot
discolor
US
dirty
burn
undermine
bang up
smash up
corrode
deliver a blow to
disintegrate
gnaw
dismantle
wrong
stab
cross up
tamper with
sway
control
bias
decide
determine
shape
guide
inspire
form
act on
work on
alter
govern
impress
move
reach
modify
condition
hit
dictate
transform
change
motivate
stir
mould
UK
win over
tell on
make an impression on
mold
US
persuade
disturb
regulate
manipulate
faze
prompt
direct
convince
hit hard
rule
induce
stimulate
emotionally move
knock back
get to
impress on
predispose
act upon
prevail on
carry
constrain
interact with
work
excite
underlie
directionalize
dispose
shepherd
animate
be a factor in
forecast
carry weight with
get through to
get through
register with
draw
impel
capture
spur
turn
prejudice
sell
colour
UK
urge
bring in
convert
incline
slant
jaundice
nobble
suck in
hook
bend
lead by the nose
soften up
bring round
twist one's arm
talk round
brainwash
color
US
put across
turn one's head
conduct
shock
traumatize
US
affect badly
arouse
leave a mark
traumatise
UK
leave a mark on
make an impact
disadvantage
knock sideways
impinge on
make someone suffer
channel
instigate
have a part in
rouse
talk into
bring to bear
carry weight
train
pull strings
argue into
get at
be recognized
seduce
grieve
concern
distress
involve
sadden
agitate
pain
shake
throw
relate
bowl over
regard
interest
mark
knock for six
bear upon
turn someone's head
go to your head
tug at your heartstrings
more ❯
Verb
▲
To erode or corrode gradually
eat away
erode
corrode
rot
wear down
eat into
grind down
whittle away
eat away at
destroy
undermine
consume
chip away at
abrade
dissolve
gnaw
eat
impair
fret
waste
wear
gnaw away at
sap
rust
nibble
bite
bite into
bite at
gnaw away
weaken
damage
diminish
deteriorate
spoil
take its toll
chip away
burn into
waste away
crumble
disintegrate
decay
oxidize
US
exhaust
dissipate
decompose
corrupt
scour
melt
oxidise
UK
do a number on
burn through
devour
distress
undercut
run through
wear through
liquefy
engrave
sear
burn
etch
wash away
denude
scrape away
vaporise
UK
ablate
vaporize
US
break down
overuse
wear out
weather
lessen
break up
attack
drain
deplete
bleed
strain
impoverish
slowly reduce
slowly lessen
bleed dry
overcome
slowly diminish
gradually overcome
tarnish
oxidate
flake
canker
more ❯
Verb
▲
To consume or deplete gradually
eat into
erode
consume
reduce
gnaw
deplete
use up
corrode
eat away
grind down
abrade
whittle away
rot
wear down
undermine
denude
wash away
eat away at
weaken
diminish
chip away at
chafe
rasp
rub
wear
fret
gall
fray
frazzle
corrade
eat
scour
decay
spoil
scrape away
devour
Verb
▲
To scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
abrade
scrape
chafe
rasp
scratch
erode
rub
graze
wear
fray
corrode
scuff
skin
excoriate
frazzle
grind
scour
grate
file
corrade
flay
strip
roughen
fret
gall
irritate
triturate
erase
wear down
bite into
eat away at
scrape away
grind down
gnaw away at
wear off
rub off
scrape out
wear out
tatter
wear thin
rub down
become worn
wear through
unravel
shred
tear
distress
buff
become ragged
become tattered
come apart
impair
sand
sandpaper
eat away
become threadbare
polish
drag
brush
smooth
nibble
lacerate
gnaw
hone
eat
bite at
make ragged
burnish
wear threadbare
bark
damage
peel
consume
wear to shreds
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
crumble
use
decay
weather
tax
overuse
fade
undermine
bother
overwork
rip
ravel
rub away
gnaw away
crumble away
grind away
wash away
waste away
scrape off
cut down
use up
go to seed
go through
go into holes
raze
rub raw
pare
cut
score
etch
wound
pinch
hurt
devour
scrub
spoil
shave
husk
eat into
hull
decorticate
shuck
scarify
shell
flake
thin
furbish
shape
peel away
refine
strip away
finish
level
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to lose energy or become physically weaker
sap
attenuate
erode
undermine
debilitate
devitalize
enervate
etiolate
impair
reduce
weaken
enfeeble
vitiate
lessen
lower
subvert
tire
blunt
cripple
destroy
disable
prostrate
ruin
soften
waste
wreck
eat away
rob from
wear down
deplete
diminish
compromise
mar
damage
threaten
hinder
emasculate
impede
hurt
shake
consume
injure
sabotage
whittle
spoil
whittle away
disempower
dent
destabilize
US
frustrate
thwart
destabilise
UK
detract from
sandbag
invalidate
negate
crush
shrink
break
take the edge off
sap the strength of
put the kibosh on
impoverish
dilute
make feeble
make feebler
reduce the power of
remove the sting from
water down
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
curb
limit
check
disrupt
encroach on
infringe
interfere with
disturb
place a limit on
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a person or a part of the body
)
To become progressively weaker and more emaciated
waste
atrophy
decay
wither
decline
shrink
degenerate
deteriorate
fade
flag
languish
molder
US
moulder
UK
rot
wane
wilt
become emaciated
crumble
grow weak
perish
shrivel up
disappear
thin
ebb
diminish
dwindle
sink
weaken
drop
slump
depreciate
lessen
abate
peter out
fall
degrade
droop
subside
lower
decrease
slacken
spoil
shrivel
tail off
disintegrate
putrefy
run low
retrograde
contract
recede
reduce
ease
moderate
taper
quell
go downhill
settle
break down
devaluate
evaporate
break up
fall off
die away
taper off
fall away
drop off
let up
die down
grow less
wear down
regress
retrogress
decompose
worsen
collapse
slide
disimprove
slip
stagnate
devolve
sicken
fail
lapse
debilitate
mold
US
impair
relent
go backwards
plummet
plunge
lighten
become worse
curb
quiet
get worse
corrode
decrement
curtail
check
go bad
lose quality
restrain
soften
pall
go to pot
die
hit the skids
be in decline
go to pieces
dry up
melt away
calm down
become smaller
run out
go down the toilet
lose edge
narrow down
slack off
die out
ratchet down
become less
phase down
de-escalate
slow down
grow smaller
mould
UK
descend
temper
downsize
depress
downscale
remit
dent
minimize
US
deplete
skid
break
adulterate
alloy
be the worse for wear
go to the pack
be worse for wear
go to the dogs
lose it
go down the tubes
go to rack and ruin
blur
decimate
drain away
knock down
pare down
tone down
wind down
minimise
UK
slacken off
make less
turn down
fester
vanish
dissolve
corrupt
foul
stop
curdle
bate
come to an end
lose its effectiveness
come to a halt
lose intensity
lose strength
go away
grow dim
wear off
grow faint
fizzle out
lose its effect
come to nothing
turn
mortify
fade out
ease off
go down
putresce
sphacelate
mildew
necrotize
suppurate
blight
defile
discolor
US
sap
vitiate
grow moldy
discolour
UK
be impaired
dry-rot
go off
become contaminated
debase
sag
lag
go
emaciate
dilapidate
become debilitated
fall apart
waste away
grow worse
fall to pieces
go into decline
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
drain
rebate
slash
modify
peter
cut down
tail away
backslide
relapse
take a turn for the worse
fade away
go to seed
go from bad to worse
revert
taint
nosedive
attenuate
wizen
rust
erode
become dilapidated
wither away
retrocede
tarnish
cut
devalue
cheapen
go stale
give way
become rusty
take a nosedive
go wrong
fall into decay
oxidize
US
dilute
lace
go mouldy
contaminate
return
retreat
extend
pollute
spike
age
dim
recidivate
mix
falter
faint
pine
go back
lose ground
flounder
oxidise
UK
sophisticate
dip
give in
denature
fall short
become weak
blend
intermix
die on vine
crumble away
fall back
go rancid
go moldy
come apart at seams
water down
run to seed
fall into disrepair
go down the tube
make impure
go pear-shaped
go to ruin
escalate
devitalize
enervate
etiolate
move backward
weather
drift
tumble
gather
damage
succumb
suffer
spiral
undermine
decompensate
doctor
necrose
be neglected
gangrene
grow weaker
stink
melt
vegetate
have a relapse
suffer a relapse
get worse again
trail
sully
retire
be destroyed
pejorate
run down
dope
rot away
die off
downgrade
go back to
stray
make something worse
bastardize
US
dissipate
stultify
give up
become rancid
take a step back
fall off the wagon
ruin
concede
yield
forfeit
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
evanesce
become shrunken
become enfeebled
disperse
dive
gutter
bastardise
UK
fall steeply
discount
sour
thin out
draw to a close
be on the way out
get smaller
become moribund
devalorize
go into a tailspin
reach a new low
tamper with
addle
reach depths
be slipping away
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
have one foot in the grave
be breathing one's last
be approaching death
be on one's deathbed
be in extremis
be at death's door
hit rock bottom
come apart at the seams
deflate
give out
take a dive
hit the floor
fall farther behind
go astray
go down the primrose path
leave the straight and narrow
fall from grace
write off
lower in price
mark down
write down
lower in value
go sour
become useless
become rotten
become addled
become tainted
go rotten
go down the khazi
go down the pan
decline swiftly
go down the drain
go down the plughole
slip back
fall behind
drift back
sink back
move back
turn back
throw back
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
fizzle
miscarry
founder
flop
bomb
bust
cook
tucker
long
hunger
hanker
yearn
be deficient
teeter
ail
brood
despond
go awry
commingle
go amiss
be wanting
be insufficient
fall through
knock out
be ruined
strike out
go into a decline
conk out
go soft
be lacking
be inadequate
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come or fall away from a surface in flakes
flake
blister
desquamate
exfoliate
shed
chip
peel
crumble
delaminate
drop
pare
scale
slice
trim
peel off
come off
scale off
chip off
come off in layers
flake off
come off in strips
strip
skin
shell
flay
husk
shuck
hull
slough
bark
decorticate
remove
pull off
rind
cut
exuviate
lay bare
bare
cut off
molt
US
slip
sluff
doff
moult
UK
shave
uncover
tear off
unwrap
excorticate
unpeel
take the skin off
take the rind off
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