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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishabradea‧brade /əˈbreɪd/ verb [intransitive, transitive] technical to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged→ See Verb table
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abrade• We are chalk and cheese; our personalities are radically different and likely to abrade each other.• The only way to shape it is to abrade it with even harder substances.• It amazed her now how completely love could abrade those sharp edges.
Origin abrade (1600-1700) Latin abradere, from ab- “away” + radere “to rub hard”
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