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abrasion

noun as in scraped area

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noun as in scraping or wearing down by friction

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A Black teenager was left with a concussion, chipped teeth and several abrasions after a group of teenage boys attacked him in a Simi Valley parking lot while shouting racial slurs, authorities said.

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One person was hospitalized with abrasions and lacerations and the other five were treated at a hospital, she said.

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Sir Geoff's academic work saw him invent the barley abrasion process - which involves deliberately damaging the protective husk of grains to speed up the process of malting.

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Trofodermin is readily available in Italy for skin abrasions, cuts and wounds.

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Ms Francis suffered concussion in the crash and deep abrasions on her face and body.

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