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  • verbbecome worn
  • verbmake weary
  • verbovercome

synonyms for wear down

  • overuse
  • waste
  • wear
  • wear out
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How to use wear down in a sentence

From the first he saw that the one and only way to wear down the Spanish resistance was to capture the fortresses.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
The surface was turning to slush, but he knew it would wear down into a slippery mass on which the logs would run.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
After a time the cutting edges of the file teeth will wear down and it will be necessary to replace the file by another.
A HANDBOOK OF LABORATORY GLASS-BLOWINGBERNARD D. BOLAS
His policy was to wear down the Germans by provoking attacks in which they were likely to lose more men than the Allies.
THE CHILDRENS' STORY OF THE WAR, VOLUME 4 (OF 10)JAMES EDWARD PARROTT
I won't,' said the mouse, 'I'm not going to wear down my teeth for that.'
TALES FROM THE FJELDP. CHR. ASBJRNSEN
Why, as the continents wear down, the oceans are filling up.
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, VOLUME 3(OF 5)HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS
If this theory is true, how can we account for the fact that other ants do not wear down their teeth?
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 22, NOVEMBER, 1878VARIOUS
The attempt of the enemy to wear down the French forces was in vain, the latter re-organising their defences.
VERDUN ARGONNE-METZ 1914-1918ANONYMOUS
They wear down rapidly and an army of masons is employed in levelling them straight again all the year round.
ALONENORMAN DOUGLAS
The skirts which the latter wear down to the ankles fasten securely at the waist their white shirt.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898VARIOUS
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WORDS RELATED TO WEAR DOWN

  • chafe
  • erode
  • grate
  • rub
  • rub off
  • scuff
  • triturate
  • wear
  • wear down
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.