WEAR AWAY

• (verb) become ground down or deteriorate

  "Her confidence eroded"

  synonyms : eat at , erode , gnaw , gnaw at

• (verb) diminish, as by friction

  "Erosion wore away the surface"

  synonyms : wear off

• (verb) cut away in small pieces

  synonyms : whittle away , whittle down

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