All abrasion synonyms

noun abrasion

• attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
• scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
• chafe — If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
• scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
• injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
• scuff — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
• scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
• grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
• rubbing — an act or instance of rubbing: an alcohol rub.
• chafing — to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
• graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
• abrading — Present participle of abrade.
• grinding — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• excoriation — The act of excoriating or flaying.
• detrition — the act of rubbing or wearing away by friction
• corrasion — erosion of a rock surface by rock fragments transported over it by water, wind, or ice
• scuffing — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.