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To deteriorate in condition, especially due to repeated exposure or use
To cause to become weary or fatigued
To gradually exhaust or drain away
To decrease or reduce in strength or intensity
To rapidly or forcefully penetrate or break through
To wear away gradually
To defeat or overcome
To degenerate or weaken the strength or vitality of
To smooth by rubbing or applying friction
To convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
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Verb
▲
To deteriorate in condition, especially due to repeated exposure or use
wears
erodes
overuses
breaks down
wears away
wears out
eats away
wastes away
eats away at
abrades
chafes
rasps
rubs
frays
galls
frazzles
frets
scrapes
scratches
grazes
corrades
corrodes
scours
consumes
grinds
scuffs
wastes
dissolves
deteriorates
becomes threadbare
taxes
rubs away
cuts down
becomes worn
decays
wearing through
grinds away
gnaws away at
overworks
fades
crumbles
undermines
uses up
wears thin
goes to seed
bites into
rubs down
gnaws away
bothers
weathers
scrapes off
crumbles away
impairs
uses
washes away
more ❯
“Over time the chemicals in the smoke will
wear down
the walls, and eventually, the walls will collapse and break.”
Verb
▲
To cause to become weary or fatigued
exhausts
fatigues
tires
drains
breaks
enervates
frazzles
overworks
saps
tires out
tuckers
weakens
wears out
wearies
does in
debilitates
overtires
poops
knocks out
wears
prostrates
busts
kills
takes it out of
tuckers out
poops out
outwears
washes out
peters out
jades
flags
harasses
enfeebles
bushes
knackers
shatters
conks out
does up
taxes
overtaxes
whacks
wears to a frazzle
devitalizes
disables
sinks
droops
overexerts
fizzles
overextends
languishes
depletes
incapacitates
overfatigues
runs ragged
succumbs
bores
cripples
draws
makes tired
grows tired
bedraggles
shags out
sags
bankrupts
grows weary
gets tired
drops
overdoes
fails
sucks dry
drains of energy
wears on
makes weary
takes
makes sleepy
wears oneself to a shadow
wears oneself to a frazzle
wipes out
runs into the ground
roots
nearly kills
bonks
hits the wall
faints
goes stale
overburdens
folds
overstrains
becomes tired
collapses
yawns
becomes fatigued
puts to sleep
runs down
becomes exhausted
breaks down
runs out of steam
becomes drained
stresses out
impoverishes
uses up
oppresses
pains
plagues
burdens
strains
drowses
gluts
causes ennui
weighs
fades
causes weariness
etiolates
softens
undermines
wastes
indisposes
immobilizes
US
paralyses
UK
torpefies
paralyzes
US
immobilises
UK
makes feeble
lays low
makes weak
impairs
reduces
emasculates
vitiates
puts out of action
saps your strength
hamstrings
removes the sting from
deprives of force
reduces the powers of
makes feebler
handicaps
ruins
disarms
depresses
wrecks
overthrows
mows
defeats
brings someone to their knees
makes powerless
makes helpless
brings low
makes impotent
eviscerates
disempowers
destroys
renders infirm
more ❯
“As was his wont, Medved tried primarily to
wear down
his opponent with continuous attacks.”
Verb
▲
To gradually exhaust or drain away
drains
depletes
dissipates
erodes
exhausts
bleeds
impoverishes
saps
strains
undermines
overcomes
wears away
bleeds dry
chips away at
slowly diminishes
slowly lessens
slowly reduces
gradually overcomes
gets rid of
spends
draws down
wastes
taps
devours
draws off
siphons
US
syphons
UK
swallows up
bankrupts
uses up
finishes
empties
pumps out
consumes
burns
sucks dry
expends
filters off
breaks
busts
absorbs
gets through
plays out
catheterizes
gets last drop
takes up
runs through
diverts
frees from
goes through
dries
milks
draws
pumps
extracts
withdraws
uses
drafts
US
squanders
draughts
UK
sucks
eats up
removes
pours
fritters away
deprives
utilizes
US
cleans out
empties out
voids
utilises
UK
reduces
wears out
diminishes
finishes off
draws out
discharges
tips
fleeces
finishes up
wipes out
employs
ruins
pours out
pauperizes
siphons off
washes up
runs out
burns up
dries up
pours off
runs down
frivols away
brings to ruin
squeezes
runs out of
burns through
expels
transfers
fritters
blows
attenuates
slashes
decants
collects
dispatches
exploits
drives out
bails out
forces out
takes out
beggars
makes use of
digs into
draws forth
draws on
drains off
guzzles
disposes of
drains out
draws liquid from
takes last of
brings down
runs up
blows through
takes
filters
occupies
mines
expresses
evacuates
releases
pays out
throws
sucks out
pumps off
lets out
gobbles
wantons
frivols
runs off
eats
fiddles
trifles
pulls
drives
forces
puts to use
throws away
avails oneself of
has recourse to
transports
abstracts
wrecks
liquidates
sucks the life out of
brings to its knees
ruinates
decimates
makes destitute
crushes
cripples
pillages
disfigures
brings someone to their knees
reduces to penury
makes insolvent
reduces to destitution
makes penniless
makes somebody broke
makes somebody skint
reduces to beggary
cripples financially
more ❯
“The foreigners arrive and slowly
wear down
the patience of the locals with their lack of self-control and obliviousness to the local customs.”
Verb
▲
To decrease or reduce in strength or intensity
dulls
decreases
diminishes
lessens
reduces
degrades
mitigates
moderates
weakens
abates
attenuates
blunts
curbs
curtails
cuts
dampens
depreciates
depresses
dilutes
quells
tapers
allays
alleviates
contracts
deadens
decrements
eases
erodes
impairs
lowers
minimises
UK
minimizes
US
restrains
shrinks
subsides
wanes
damps
de-escalates
downsizes
dwindles
ebbs
lightens
muffles
mutes
palliates
softens
abases
assuages
cushions
cuts back
cuts down
peters out
rolls back
smothers
soothes
squelches
stifles
subdues
tones down
wears away
eases off
tails off
takes the bite out
takes the edge off
takes the sting out
winds down
puts a damper on
declines
drops
fades
slumps
sinks
slackens
settles
devaluates
lets up
dies down
falls off
runs low
drops off
decays
degenerates
deteriorates
falls
recedes
crumbles
relents
plunges
plummets
withers
droops
quiets
wastes
checks
evaporates
shrivels
becomes smaller
grows less
ratchets down
loses edge
narrows down
grows smaller
slacks off
dies out
phases down
becomes less
calms down
slows down
falls away
tapers off
dies away
dries up
downscales
tempers
depletes
dents
slackens off
turns down
pares down
knocks down
makes less
remits
palls
drains away
decimates
blurs
rebates
drains
slashes
modifies
peters
tails away
mollifies
relieves
soft-pedals
calms
stills
placates
suppresses
pacifies
lulls
smooths
helps
tranquilizes
US
cools
relaxes
quietens
tranquillises
UK
damps down
puts damper on
makes less intense
puts the lid on
pours oil on
controls
quenches
ameliorates
improves
slakes
addresses
sweetens
extenuates
appeases
flags
nosedives
composes
closes
thins
minifies
tames
desists
clips
represses
dispels
lenifies
banishes
dissipates
dismisses
destroys
eliminates
goes down
wastes away
drops away
gets less
dies off
puts to rest
drives away
drives off
chases away
cools out
comes down
slacks up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To rapidly or forcefully penetrate or break through
breaks through
breaches
destroys
infiltrates
penetrates
batters down
breaks down
bursts through
comes through
Verb
▲
To wear away gradually
eats
corrodes
erodes
abrades
crumbles
disintegrates
dissolves
consumes
decays
rots
damages
decomposes
destroys
gnaws
spoils
bites
dissipates
exhausts
frets
liquefies
melts
nibbles
rusts
wears away
bites at
bites into
burns into
burns through
wastes away
wearing through
gnaws away
runs through
impairs
wastes
eats away
eats away at
weakens
gnaws away at
diminishes
deteriorates
undermines
wears
saps
takes its toll
chips away at
corrupts
devours
does a number on
chips away
oxidizes
US
distresses
tarnishes
oxidates
scours
cankers
flakes
oxidises
UK
weathers
lessens
breaks up
eats into
whittles away
grinds down
chafes
rasps
rubs
galls
frays
frazzles
corrades
scrapes away
excoriates
wears threadbare
ablates
vaporizes
US
vaporises
UK
reduces
depletes
uses up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To defeat or overcome
breaks down
defeats
beats
overcomes
conquers
licks
masters
quells
crushes
destroys
overthrows
overwhelms
knocks down
smashes down
Verb
▲
To degenerate or weaken the strength or vitality of
blunts
weakens
impairs
saps
disables
debilitates
cripples
enfeebles
depletes
devitalizes
enervates
etiolates
vitiates
prostrates
tires
eats away
wears away
attenuates
undermines
erodes
reduces
lowers
subverts
lessens
wastes
destroys
wrecks
softens
ruins
indisposes
exhausts
fatigues
wearies
wears out
knackers
lays low
overtires
drains
makes feeble
makes weak
torpefies
incapacitates
paralyses
UK
diminishes
paralyzes
US
shatters
immobilizes
US
emasculates
handicaps
immobilises
UK
knocks out
does in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To smooth by rubbing or applying friction
rubs
grinds
rasps
files
sands
buffs
hones
excoriates
scrapes
abrades
scours
wears away
erodes
frays
wears
frazzles
corrodes
chafes
galls
corrades
frets
grates
sandpapers
rubs down
grinds down
bites into
scrapes away
gnaws away at
polishes
smooths
tatters
impairs
burnishes
barks
damages
peels
wears out
wears to shreds
scratches
grazes
scuffs
skins
flays
strips
roughens
irritates
triturates
erases
eats away at
wears off
rubs off
scrapes out
shines
furbishes
scrubs
razes
brushes
finishes
refines
pumices
buffs up
scores
rubs up
sands down
buffs out
shapes
washes
cleans
levels
cleanses
waxes
dresses
wipes
engraves
smoothens
shaves
glosses
rounds
varnishes
mops
scuffs up
lacerates
etches
prepares
sheens
lusters
US
lustres
UK
flushes
flakes
pares
cuts
thins
wounds
rubs raw
whitens
purges
slicks
sleeks
rolls
glazes
dights
polishes up
puts on a finish
puts a shine on
perfects
clears
more ❯
Verb
▲
To convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
persuades
convinces
induces
coaxes
gets
influences
entices
sways
urges
causes
coerces
compels
inveigles
prompts
cajoles
encourages
inclines
instigates
motivates
advises
disposes
impels
impresses
incites
lures
moves
sells
tempts
brings
counsels
drives
exhorts
leads
makes
procures
reasons
converts
draws
enlists
propagandises
UK
propagandizes
US
proselytises
UK
proselytizes
US
brainwashes
proselytes
argues into
brings around
talks into
wheedles into
wins over
causes to believe
converts to
gets round
leads to do
pleads with
presses someone into
pressures someone into
pressurizes into
prevails on
reasons someone into
turns somebody on to
works over
brings to senses
leads to believe
prevails upon
prods into
talks round
twists someone's arm
brings round
gains confidence of
wins argument
proves to
sells one on
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