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abrade

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abrade /əˈbrād, əˈbreɪd /
▸ verb [with object] scrape or wear away by friction or erosion:
a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust.
– DERIVATIVES
abrader
– ORIGIN late 17th century : from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’.