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What is another word for
grind down
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To make something hard smaller and smoother by rubbing or abrading it
To weaken someone's morale over a long period
To overcome with mental or emotional stress
To shred (usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
To be victorious over
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
To make something hard smaller and smoother by rubbing or abrading it
abrade
rub
erode
wear
eat away
wear away
rub down
corrode
rasp
scour
eat into
wear down
chafe
grind
scrape
fray
file
fret
frazzle
gall
corrade
scrape away
wash away
undermine
denude
scratch
graze
scuff
skin
excoriate
grate
gnaw away at
triturate
wear off
strip
bite into
roughen
eat away at
flay
irritate
scrape out
erase
rub off
rot
whittle away
consume
eat
decay
spoil
gnaw
devour
buff
polish
smooth
sand
hone
sandpaper
bark
rub raw
score
peel
cut
lacerate
damage
etch
raze
dissolve
wear out
tatter
burnish
impair
wear through
nick
distress
shave
wear thin
become worn
deteriorate
pare
gnaw away
scrub
oxidate
flake
burn into
waste
wound
nibble
brush
rust
unravel
shred
tear
mark
burn
rub against
bite at
rub painfully
husk
become ragged
hull
become tattered
shuck
snick
oxidize
US
come apart
drag
tarnish
decorticate
furbish
corrupt
incise
destroy
clean
gouge
crumble
decompose
gash
scarify
hurt
oxidise
UK
bite
rub away
engrave
melt
become threadbare
waste away
burn through
scuff up
make a mark on
pinch
remove
notch
wear threadbare
thin
chip
sear
shell
rake
break the skin of
excorticate
scale
disintegrate
dent
clear
frot
make ragged
peel away
scar
dissipate
exhaust
liquefy
shape
strip away
take off
wear to shreds
refine
inflame
groove
key
scrawl on
finish
level
deface
blister
prick
scrabble
rip
swab
ravel
run through
vaporize
US
ablate
vaporise
UK
grit
gnash
exfoliate
chip away at
crunch
scrunch
go through
go into holes
canker
wash
scrub down
cleanse
shine
wipe
use
fade
bother
overwork
overuse
weather
tax
mop
flush
purge
whiten
dight
pumice
buff up
grind away
crumble away
cut down
scrape off
use up
go 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
▲
To weaken someone's morale over a long period
persecute
suppress
oppress
torment
maltreat
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
scourge
harass
harry
torture
afflict
molest
destroy
weaken
ill-treat
dominate
subjugate
crush
enslave
coerce
keep down
treat harshly
ride roughshod over
trample underfoot
trample
rule with a rod of iron
hold down
rule with an iron hand
domineer
browbeat
bully
intimidate
domineer over
push around
victimize
US
keep under thumb
order about
victimise
UK
dictate to
bring someone to their knees
order around
repress
dictate
terrorise
UK
have someone under your thumb
rule despotically
treat brutally
lord it over
terrorize
US
subject
abuse
plague
hegemonize
wrong
hound
beset
annoy
put upon
saddle
outrage
encumber
put screws to
press
weigh heavy upon
despotize
strain
worry
handicap
vex
tax
rule over
pick on
force
be cruel to
distress
hold sway over
walk all over
rule
ride
tyrannize over
beat down
control
chasten
master
aggrieve
be brutal to
trample on
overthrow
exploit
menace
threaten
hector
mistreat
bulldoze
lean on
pressurize
US
have it in for
strong-arm
dragoon
cow
discriminate against
pressurise
UK
badger
pressure
subdue
use strong-arm tactics on
push about
railroad
bullyrag
get at
bluster
be down on
mau-mau
have a down on
needle
overpower
overwhelm
blackjack
hassle
steamroller
bogart
overbear
put down
boss around
boss about
make things hot for someone
kick around
compel
goad
bludgeon
nag
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
frighten
put the screws on
give a hard time
punish unfairly
mess over
ill-use
punish
excruciate
overcome
hustle
crucify
conquer
scare
bedevil
manhandle
tease
misuse
yoke
bait
put the frighteners on
mishandle
immolate
use
demonize
US
beat
make it hot for someone
subordinate
demonise
UK
impel
push
gain mastery over
play the heavy with
attack
gain control of
gain ascendancy over
twist one's arm
put heat on
put through the wringer
hold a gun to one's head
put the chill on
force one's hand
disfranchise
grumble at
single out
stack the deck
get on someone's back
have your knife into
bring to heel
make fun of
hobble
disenfranchise
deprive
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
get hooks into
boss
prevail
predominate
punish repeatedly and unfairly
carp at
be on at someone
find fault with
preponderate
reign
take away someone's human rights
squeeze
swagger
bend
henpeck
lord
give orders to
rule the roost
call the shots
be in the driver's seat
run the show
be overbearing
push the buttons
run things
throw your weight around
lead by the nose
be in the saddle
bend to your will
lord over
be hostile to
show ill will towards
be set against
constrain
oblige
awe
buffalo
enforce
overawe
affright
twist someone's arm
scare off
scare the bejesus out of
more ❯
“I'm not impressed and I'm not scared. Don't let them
grind you down
!”
Verb
▲
To overcome with mental or emotional stress
overmaster
overcome
crush
overwhelm
overpower
prostrate
devastate
floor
whelm
swamp
oppress
snow under
blow away
stun
daze
quell
crack down on
quash
subdue
suppress
extinguish
squash
vanquish
put down
repress
defeat
wreck
silence
squelch
knock for six
knock sideways
ruin
obliterate
break
conquer
quelch
ice
reduce
strangle
kill
slap down
clamp down on
snuff out
put an end to
force down
bring someone to their knees
stamp out
put a stop to
blot out
bear down on
subjugate
overload
smother
traumatize
US
stir
move
distress
impress
upset
touch
strike
shake
shatter
affect
dazzle
shock
spellbind
traumatise
UK
disturb
bowl over
take aback
leave speechless
greatly upset
knock the stuffing out of
sweep over
sweep someone off their feet
get to
hit for six
subordinate
tread
bring to heel
put the squeeze on
tread on
bring under the yoke
destroy
annihilate
demolish
check
flatten
smash
trample
stop
curb
end
wipe out
abolish
pulverize
US
stifle
squish
total
scrunch
trash
compress
mash
pulverise
UK
eradicate
press
terminate
eliminate
raze
nip in the bud
waste
desolate
inhibit
cream
quench
extirpate
thwart
stamp on
decimate
beat
vaporize
US
clobber
arrest
get rid of
break up
exterminate
halt
nuke
wrack
vaporise
UK
hinder
rout
put the kibosh on
erase
squeeze
frustrate
expunge
deaden
pulp
compact
put the lid on
constrain
bust
damage
spoil
scotch
overthrow
tramp
ravage
liquidate
disrupt
pound
shush
remove
sit on
press down
control
restrain
finish
demoralize
US
put out
fragment
impede
muffle
fracture
demoralise
UK
crack
stem
cancel
level
restrict
disintegrate
master
splinter
desecrate
stamp
gut
efface
burst
hamper
prevent
bulldoze
torpedo
grind
leave in ruins
lay waste
tamp down
rive
leave desolate
step on
block out
mute
weed out
trample on
rein in
tramp on
tear down
shut down
pull down
rub out
gain mastery over
knock down
walk all over
bust up
wipe from the face of the earth
wipe off the map
make mincemeat of
cow
mangle
crunch
overturn
overrun
bury
impair
discontinue
hammer
spike
dominate
run over
split
stomp
tame
dismember
blow
gag
dismantle
crack down
shiver
lick
cut off
stomp on
trample down
gain control of
do in
gain ascendancy over
break down
interfere with
blow up
raze to the ground
damp down
make hash of
pull to pieces
stand on
do away with
wipe off the face of the earth
finish off
smash to smithereens
mill
macerate
withhold
dismiss
reject
censure
scupper
obstruct
stymie
depress
overkill
foil
undermine
weaken
topple
wear
track
limit
banish
block
dash
clamp down
cripple
enfeeble
demote
throttle
curtail
nix
scuttle
walk
consume
bring to screeching halt
stamp flat
incapacitate
disrate
dumb
settle
censor
undo
dull
clam
abate
bomb
unbuild
groove
excise
snap
scourge
dilapidate
step
impoverish
humble
devour
wipe the floor with
smash down
wear down
put paid to
disassemble
havoc
separate
enslave
gain control over
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
exsect
uproot
sever
bang
blow to bits
knock to pieces
mess up
blow to pieces
clean up
black out
root out
sweep away
cut out
rupture
take out
tamp
wreak havoc on
take away
bring to an end
splinterize
fragmentalize
fragmentize
explode
powder
triturate
bring down
choke off
take down
divide
tear
rend
rip down
take apart
wreak havoc
close up
blast
pop
squidge
harm
steamroller
drive over
keep down
bring to ruin
cut short
hold sway over
keep under thumb
perforate
puncture
bridle
break someone's spirit
mash up
crunch up
prang
contain
interrupt
scrumple
part
champ
bottle
clamp
squash up
queer
govern
break to smithereens
crush to smithereens
break to pieces
break into pieces
blow apart
tromp
moderate
fall to pieces
blow out
fall to bits
squirt
pinch
pack down
jam
screw
hit
soften
beat down
mellow
damp
lessen
diminish
triumph over
hold in
drive underground
do harm to
keep inside
keep in
hold down
hold back
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
wad
crumple
shrivel
keep in check
tone down
have a negative effect on
have a negative impact on
keep the lid on
quieten down
keep a lid on
hold in check
get under control
scrunch up
walk over
screw up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shred (usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
grate
shred
grind
mince
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
triturate
crumble
crush
granulate
fragment
fray
macerate
mash
raze
smash
file
shave
skin
sliver
rub into pieces
pound
comminute
bray
powder
disintegrate
atomize
beat
mill
levigate
mull
crunch
mangle
press
powderize
chew
pestle
flour
abrade
reduce
crystallize
US
crystallise
UK
kibble
slice
scrape
process
rasp
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
rip up
chop
cut up
tear up
chop finely
squash
pulp
sieve
splinter
contriturate
fragmentalize
micronize
fragmentize
turn to dust
chop up
break up
chop into pieces
dice
cut
cube
carve
hash
divide
crumple
cream
liquefy
liquidize
US
soften
cleave
bruise
liquidise
UK
gelatinate
coagulate
sunder
sever
dissect
strip
hack
chip
cut into small pieces
chop into small pieces
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be victorious over
overcome
beat
conquer
defeat
best
subdue
lick
master
overwhelm
overpower
vanquish
crush
rout
trounce
tank
triumph over
clobber
destroy
drub
overthrow
prevail over
quell
surmount
thrash
undo
excel
outclass
outdo
outstrip
stuff
surpass
dispatch
hammer
quash
subjugate
worst
demolish
take
upend
crucify
curb
devastate
down
floor
get
overbear
overmatch
paste
skunk
slaughter
stop
survive
weather
whip
hurdle
outlive
own
prevail
reduce
render
shellac
shock
stun
throw
walk over
win
win against
get around
get the better of
win over
be victorious
be victorious over
gain a victory over
knock out
knock over
render helpless
render incapable
render powerless
rise above
walk all over
blow out of the water
bring someone to their knees
come out on top of
do down
knock your socks off
run rings around
take to the cleaners
come out on top
make mincemeat of
wipe the floor with
massacre
trump
outmatch
top
triumph
better
outplay
outdistance
smash
outperform
outshine
finish
outgun
beat hollow
defeat utterly
wipe out
put paid to
cut to pieces
defeat easily
gain mastery over
run circles around
defeat heavily
knock for six
cream
blow out
murder
annihilate
flatten
trim
pulverize
US
pound
pulverise
UK
pip at the post
turn inside out
slam
trash
total
marmalize
give someone a hiding
give someone a drubbing
cane
outwit
zap
outrun
wallop
deck
upset
whomp
tan
lambaste
checkmate
edge out
KO
thwart
foil
frustrate
bust
steamroll
whack
ruin
sink
overturn
whitewash
pommel
flog
discomfit
trample
slay
drop
torpedo
edge
subvert
route
obliterate
swamp
outjump
outmaneuver
US
shipwreck
outmanoeuvre
UK
skin
flax
outflank
butcher
outhit
decimate
ambush
overrun
entrap
humble
work over
plow under
run rings round
nose out
take it all
finish off
run roughshod over
mow down
win a victory over
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
roll back
put an end to
shut down
put someone in their place
bear down
put in the shade
wax
pwn
pick apart
humiliate
outsmart
kill
knock off
do in
give a drubbing to
make a fool of
put away
take down
baffle
take care of
beat up
get one up on
gain the advantage over
give someone a pasting
win a resounding victory over
muller
balk
US
blast
waste
repress
outfight
blow away
shoot down
bulldoze
unseat
circumvent
exceed
confound
override
overmaster
transcend
eclipse
put down
cap
succeed over
countermove
overtop
overshadow
bring to knees
corner
baulk
UK
tower over
outrival
overtake
hose
knock spots off
improve on
be better than
trample underfoot
do better than
shoot ahead of
wipe off the map
go one better than
more ❯
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grind down
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