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What is the adjective for abrasiveness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs abrade and abrase which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

abrasive
  1. Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]
  2. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Nonetheless, it is prudent to make sure your boot pivot sockets are clean of grit, since heavy use combined with abrasive material could accelerate wear.”
      “Regular maintenance should be performed to prevent abrasive contact between the tool and the machined surface.”
      “This minimizes clogging of the abrasive surface of the sharpening stone with metal particles removed from the instrument.”
abrasional
  1. Pertaining to abrasion; formed by abrasion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
abrase
  1. (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. [Attested only in the 17th century.]
abradant
  1. Tending to abrade; causing irritation; abrasive.
abradable
  1. That may be abraded.
  2. Examples:
    1. “To reach this aim, abradable seals are being incorporated into turbine casings.”
      “This paper reports recent research on abradable materials employed for aero-engine applications.”
      “The obtained force was correlated with the wear profile of the abradable seal.”
abraded
abrading
abrased
  1. simple past tense and past participle of abrase
abrasing
  1. present participle of abrase
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