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wears away
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To erode gradually and progressively
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
To diminish to nothing
To diminish in effect
To scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
To gradually exhaust or drain away
To cause to lose energy or become physically weaker
Come or fall away from a surface in flakes
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Verb
▲
To erode gradually and progressively
erodes
eats at
eats away at
wears down
wears out
corrodes
eats away
consumes
abrades
gnaws
eats
destroys
chips away at
eats into
dissolves
frets
spoils
rots
nibbles
rusts
undermines
impairs
wears
bites at
bites
bites into
gnaws away at
deteriorates
weakens
wastes
decays
diminishes
devours
scours
burns into
gnaws away
grinds down
wastes away
chips away
whittles away
crumbles
oxidizes
US
disintegrates
corrupts
burns through
decomposes
oxidises
UK
scrapes away
saps
damages
melts
distresses
undercuts
attacks
burns
liquefies
wearing through
runs through
exhausts
dissipates
engraves
sears
etches
denudes
washes away
oxidates
tarnishes
breaks down
overuses
ablates
vaporizes
US
vaporises
UK
cankers
flakes
reduces
compromises
cripples
shakes
impedes
whittles
sabotages
emasculates
enfeebles
hurts
ruins
injures
subverts
threatens
hinders
weathers
lessens
breaks up
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
attacks
infects
affects
damages
injures
corrupts
devastates
vitiates
afflicts
cripples
destroys
contaminates
ruins
spoils
annihilates
demolishes
impairs
ravages
troubles
compromises
impacts
overcomes
touches
harms
strikes
breaks
influences
perturbs
sabotages
taints
upsets
defiles
occurs
pollutes
prevails
crushes
hurts
overwhelms
poisons
blights
debases
impinges
weakens
impacts on
impinges upon
prevails over
shakes up
spreads to
strikes at
strikes down
does damage to
plays havoc with
takes hold of
wreaks havoc on
exerts influence on
has an effect on
has an impact on
defaces
wrecks
blemishes
mangles
smashes
vandalizes
US
trashes
guts
desecrates
shatters
undoes
stains
crabs
bloodies
flaws
disrupts
totals
tarnishes
endamages
smirches
sullies
disfeatures
blots
razes
splits
corrodes
dismantles
scorches
bleaches
maltreats
disintegrates
cracks
burns
bangs up
discolors
US
fades
drives a nail into the coffin of
tears
vandalises
UK
knocks
scratches
rots
abuses
undermines
discolours
UK
plays merry hell with
scathes
lacerates
tampers with
dirties
gnaws
smashes up
wrongs
rusts
stabs
dents
crosses up
sways
controls
decides
determines
guides
biases
biasses
inspires
forms
works on
shapes
alters
governs
impresses
moves
reaches
acts on
modifies
conditions
hits
dictates
transforms
changes
motivates
stirs
moulds
UK
wins over
tells on
makes an impression on
molds
US
persuades
disturbs
regulates
manipulates
fazes
prompts
directs
convinces
hits hard
stimulates
rules
induces
knocks back
emotionally moves
gets to
impresses on
predisposes
prevails on
carries
constrains
interacts with
excites
animates
underlies
shepherds
disposes
is a factor in
are a factor in
forecasts
carries weight with
gets through
gets through to
registers with
impels
draws
captures
turns
prejudices
spurs
colours
UK
sells
slants
converts
inclines
jaundices
urges
brings in
brainwashes
colors
US
nobbles
sucks in
hooks
puts across
softens up
leads by the nose
talks round
brings round
bends
twists one's arm
turns one's head
conducts
shocks
traumatizes
US
arouses
channels
affects badly
instigates
argues into
trains
talks into
carries weight
brings to bear
rouses
seduces
pulls strings
gets at
acts upon
has a part in
traumatises
UK
disadvantages
impinges on
makes an impact
leaves a mark on
leaves a mark
makes someone suffer
knocks sideways
pains
distresses
saddens
involves
agitates
grieves
concerns
shakes
throws
bowls over
marks
interests
regards
relates
knocks for six
bears upon
goes to your head
turns someone's head
tugs at your heartstrings
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish to nothing
peters
checks
contracts
curbs
decays
declines
degenerates
drains
droops
drops
eases
ebbs
fades
lowers
quiets
rebates
settles
shrinks
sinks
slashes
slumps
tapers
wanes
wastes
abates
calms down
crumbles
curtails
cuts down
depreciates
deteriorates
devaluates
dies down
diminishes
drops off
dries up
dwindles
evaporates
falls off
lessens
lets up
lightens
loses edge
modifies
narrows down
peters out
quells
reduces
restrains
runs low
shrivels
slackens
slacks off
slows down
softens
subsides
tails away
tails off
weakens
wears down
withers
rots
degrades
perishes
falls
decreases
moderates
atrophies
spoils
putrefies
disintegrates
flags
retrogrades
languishes
wilts
moulders
UK
recedes
molders
US
decrements
impairs
shrivels up
de-escalates
goes downhill
breaks up
breaks down
falls away
grows less
dies away
decomposes
regresses
retrogresses
worsens
collapses
slides
molds
US
slips
disimproves
depresses
stagnates
devolves
fails
sickens
relents
lapses
debilitates
plunges
plummets
minimizes
US
downsizes
corrodes
goes backwards
becomes smaller
ratchets down
goes bad
moulds
UK
eases off
loses quality
grows smaller
dies out
tones down
hits the skids
goes to pieces
goes to pot
winds down
gets worse
minimises
UK
becomes worse
phases down
becomes less
tapers off
goes down the toilet
downscales
tempers
dents
depletes
descends
remits
slackens off
pares down
turns down
knocks down
makes less
palls
skids
breaks
adulterates
alloys
loses it
goes to the dogs
goes to rack and ruin
goes down the tubes
goes to the pack
drains away
blurs
dissolves
festers
corrupts
bates
fouls
melts away
fades out
goes down
dies
runs out
curdles
turns
mortifies
sphacelates
mildews
necrotizes
suppurates
defiles
blights
saps
discolors
US
becomes contaminated
discolours
UK
goes off
grows moldy
becomes emaciated
grows weak
vitiates
mitigates
debases
sags
lags
cuts
blunts
attenuates
dampens
dilutes
thins
disappears
goes
dilapidates
emaciates
allays
alleviates
erodes
deadens
becomes debilitated
falls apart
falls to pieces
falls apart at the seams
goes into decline
grows worse
wastes away
damps
palliates
mutes
muffles
smothers
puts a damper on
abases
soothes
takes the edge off
squelches
cushions
stifles
dulls
subdues
rolls back
takes the sting out
cuts back
takes the bite out
assuages
backslides
relapses
takes a turn for the worse
goes from bad to worse
goes to seed
fades away
reverts
becomes dilapidated
nosedives
rusts
goes wrong
flounders
retrocedes
wizens
goes pear-shaped
tarnishes
falls into decay
fragments
falls short
returns
takes a nosedive
retreats
withers away
dims
founders
fizzles
vanishes
flops
ages
runs to seed
miscarries
recidivates
goes back
falters
fizzles out
becomes rusty
falls into disrepair
goes to ruin
goes awry
gives way
gives in
goes amiss
becomes weak
dips
goes stale
falls through
falls back
comes apart at seams
wears off
goes astray
runs down
escalates
undermines
moves backward
weathers
tumbles
drifts
suffers
damages
oxidizes
US
devitalizes
enervates
becomes marcescent
spirals
decompensates
etiolates
breaks apart
faints
grows faint
grows weaker
goes down the tube
evanesces
pejorates
rots away
goes mouldy
appears in a poor light
goes back to
becomes moribund
makes something worse
gets worse again
has a relapse
gets ill again
suffers a relapse
gets smaller
draws to a close
dissipates
has one foot in the grave
dies off
oxidises
UK
gives up
disperses
strays
dives
gutters
devalues
falls steeply
becomes enfeebled
becomes shrunken
cheapens
crumbles away
vegetates
goes into a tailspin
reaches a new low
reaches depths
dies on vine
comes apart at the seams
hits rock bottom
melts
gives out
trails
retires
takes a dive
hits the floor
stultifies
goes away
comes to an end
grows dim
slips back
marks down
downgrades
goes down the primrose path
leaves the straight and narrow
falls from grace
drifts back
deflates
discounts
sinks back
moves back
turns back
turns the clock back
loses ground
throws back
loses headway
devalorizes
writes off
writes down
lowers in value
lowers in price
goes rancid
bombs
busts
misfires
aborts
strikes out
backfires
rebounds
boomerangs
recoils
falls flat
blunders
misses the mark
plays into
turns out badly
meets with disaster
goes down swinging
gangs agley
comes to naught
goes up in smoke
folds
misses
backs wrong horse
comes to grief
loses out
loses status
hits bottom
loses control
bites the dust
goes phut
runs aground
comes to nothing
misses the boat
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish in effect
wears off
dwindles
decreases
ebbs
dies
diminishes
disappears
evaporates
fades
fizzles out
lessens
loses intensity
loses strength
melts away
palls
peters out
subsides
vanishes
wanes
weakens
abates
grows dim
grows faint
stops
tails off
tapers off
comes to nothing
goes away
runs out
loses its effect
loses its effectiveness
comes to a halt
comes to an end
Verb
▲
To scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
abrades
scrapes
chafes
rasps
scratches
erodes
rubs
grazes
wears
frays
corrodes
scuffs
skins
excoriates
frazzles
grinds
scours
grates
files
corrades
flays
strips
roughens
frets
galls
irritates
triturates
erases
wears down
bites into
eats away at
scrapes away
grinds down
gnaws away at
wears off
rubs off
scrapes out
wears out
tatters
wears thin
rubs down
becomes worn
wearing through
unravels
shreds
tears
distresses
buffs
becomes ragged
becomes tattered
comes apart
impairs
sands
sandpapers
eats away
becomes threadbare
polishes
drags
brushes
smooths
nibbles
lacerates
gnaws
hones
eats
bites at
makes ragged
burnishes
wears threadbare
barks
damages
peels
consumes
wears to shreds
wastes
dissolves
deteriorates
crumbles
uses
decays
taxes
overuses
overworks
fades
undermines
bothers
weathers
rips
ravels
rubs away
gnaws away
grinds away
crumbles away
wastes away
washes away
cuts down
uses up
scrapes off
goes to seed
goes through
goes into holes
razes
pinches
hurts
burns
rubs against
rubs raw
rubs painfully
rends
trashes
ribbons
rives
makes threadbare
comes to the end of its life
shows signs of wear
makes worn
wears holes in
becomes useless
minces
pulverizes
US
granulates
crushes
macerates
smashes
fragments
mashes
shaves
pulverises
UK
slivers
rubs into pieces
more ❯
Verb
▲
To gradually exhaust or drain away
wears down
drains
depletes
dissipates
erodes
exhausts
bleeds
impoverishes
saps
strains
undermines
overcomes
bleeds dry
chips away at
slowly diminishes
slowly lessens
slowly reduces
gradually overcomes
Verb
▲
To cause to lose energy or become physically weaker
saps
attenuates
erodes
undermines
debilitates
devitalizes
enervates
etiolates
impairs
reduces
weakens
enfeebles
vitiates
lessens
lowers
subverts
tires
blunts
cripples
destroys
disables
prostrates
ruins
softens
wastes
wrecks
eats away
wears down
depletes
immobilizes
US
indisposes
incapacitates
handicaps
paralyses
UK
exhausts
fatigues
paralyzes
US
drains
lays low
emasculates
makes weak
torpefies
knackers
diminishes
makes feeble
shatters
knocks out
immobilises
UK
does in
wears out
Verb
▲
Come or fall away from a surface in flakes
flakes
chips
blisters
desquamates
peels
exfoliates
peels off
comes off
crumbles
delaminates
drops
pares
scabs
scales
scales off
sheds
slices
slivers
trims
chips off
comes off in layers
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