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111erosion — The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides, so that the portion of land which is eaten away is lost to the riparian or littoral owner, except and until it be restored to him by accretion. Mulry v Norton, 100 NY 426 …
112detriment — [15] Etymologically, detriment denotes damage caused by ‘wearing away’. The word comes via Old French from Latin dētrīmentum, a derivative of dēterere ‘wear away’ (whose past participle is the source of English detritus [18]). This was a compound …
113eat at — verb become ground down or deteriorate Her confidence eroded • Syn: ↑erode, ↑gnaw, ↑gnaw at, ↑wear away • Derivationally related forms: ↑wearing away (for: ↑ …
114gnaw at — verb become ground down or deteriorate (Freq. 1) Her confidence eroded • Syn: ↑erode, ↑gnaw, ↑eat at, ↑wear away • Derivationally related forms: ↑wearing away ( …
115Abrasion — Ab*ra sion, n. [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See {Abrade}.] 1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. [1913 Webster] 2. The substance rubbed off. Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) A… …
116Attrition — may refer to: *Physical wear *Loss of personnel by retirement *Attrition (medicine, epidemiology), the loss of participants during an experiment *Attrition (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from opposing teeth *Attrition… …
117Codex Alera — is a fantasy book series by Jim Butcher. The series chronicles the coming of age of a young man named Tavi in the realm of Alera, an empire similar to Rome, on the world of Carna. Every Aleran has some degree of command over elemental forces or… …
118abrasion — noun a) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. b) The substance thus rubbed off. See Also: abrade …
119consumption — Synonyms and related words: Sanforizing, TB, ablation, active use, aerogenic tuberculosis, appetite, appliance, application, atrophy, attenuation, attrition, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, cannibalism, carnage, carnivorism, carnivority,… …
120decrement — Synonyms and related words: abatement, ablation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, attrition, consumption, contraction, corrosion, curtailment, cut, cutting, dampening, damping, decrease, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deliquescence,… …
