abrasions
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noun
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
- The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
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Synonyms
attritionexcoriationdetritionscrapescratchgrindingcorrasionbruiseserosionsscrapesscratcheslacerationswoundsabradedabrasiveslaceration