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abrading

ADJECTIVE
scratching
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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It is only then, once you are still, that a now low, whipping wind, riddled with sand begins pricking and abrading your skin and collecting in the pages of your novel; it is intolerable.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

On the way up, it will scout the rocks, including abrading more patches to see rock interiors.

From Scientific American • Jun. 7, 2022

And, beyond that, Dr. Tarly cured greyscale with more abrading than I would have liked.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 12, 2019

A cool, Cartesian game versus an ardent, abrading one.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2011

The crystal of sugar I hold in my hand has thus far escaped the solvent and abrading forces which sooner or later determine the fate of sugar-candy.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John




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