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/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/ · noun
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction..
The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.
Use abrasion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Abrasion means The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction..
Common synonyms include attrition, scrape, excoriation, scratch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
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