abraded

verb

Definition of abradednext
past tense of abrade
1
as in eroded
to damage or diminish by continued friction ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers

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2
as in irritated
to make sore by continued rubbing my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered

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3
as in scratched
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings

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  1. eroded
  2. scratched
  3. scraped
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  • The host and journalist Garrett Graff, himself a gun owner, contextualizes the past quarter century of mass shootings by laying out the political and legislative maneuvers that have eroded gun-control laws over the previous 50 years.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Currents flowing over an area that was eroded long ago by a glacier sweep sediment away, keeping the ancient terrain visible.
    Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
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  • While the Pistons already had listed starting small forward Tobias Harris out with a sprained right thumb, Jaden Ivey, who had been listed as the starting shooting guard, was scratched just prior to tipoff with knee pain.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This kid came up through covid, has had 3 head coaches already, and has been healthy scratched by them all, including in the playoffs.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Small infestations can be scraped off by hand or removed through pruning at any time.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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