rubbing+away
31erasure — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, ablation, abrasion, abrasive, abridgment, attrition, blackout, blocking, blot, blotting, blotting out, blue penciling, bowdlerization, buffing, burnishing, cancel, cancellation, censoring, censorship,… …
32filing — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abrasion, abrasive, analysis, arrangement, attrition, buffing, burnishing, cataloging, categorization, chafe, chafing, classification, cloture, codification, committee consideration, debate, deliberation,… …
33fretting — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, annoying, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxiety, anxious, attrition, attritive, bothersome, breathless, breathless impatience, buffing, burnishing, chafe, chafing, detrition,… …
34grinding — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, application, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, atomization, attrition, attritive, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, beating …
35rasping — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, air pollution, attrition, attritive, attritus, bones, bran, buffing, burnishing, chafe, chaff, chafing, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, culm, deadwood, detrition,… …
36sanding — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abrasion, abrasive, attrition, buffing, burnishing, chafe, chafing, detrition, dressing, erasure, erosion, filing, fretting, galling, grazing, grinding, limation, polishing, rasping, rubbing away,… …
37scouring — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablution, abrasion, abrasive, afterglow, afterimage, attrition, balance, bones, buffing, burnishing, butt, butt end, candle ends, chafe, chaff, chafing, cleaning out, culm, deadwood, debris, detrition,… …
38scratch — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abort, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, adequate, anamorphosis, attrition, autolithograph, bad likeness, barbouillage, bark, barley, be a printmaker, belch, bezel, bird seed, birthmark, blackhead, blare, blat,… …
39detritus — de•tri•tus [[t]dɪˈtraɪ təs[/t]] n. 1) gel pet rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice 2) any disintegrated material; debris • Etymology: 1785–95; < F détritus < L:… …
40detritus — /dəˈtraɪtəs / (say duh truytuhs) noun 1. particles of rock or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice. 2. any disintegrated material; debris. {Latin: a rubbing away} …
