abrade
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But even without rationing, the cost of replacement power would probably exceed the combined cash flow of the country's distribution utilities, said Paulo Pedro, executive president of Abrade, Brazil's large power users association.
From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2014
Abrade, ab-rād′, v.t. to scrape or rub off: to wear down by friction.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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