wear away

Strongest matches

• burn
• sting

Strong matches

• consume
• decay
• decompose
• deteriorate
• dissolve
• engrave
• erode
• etch
• oxidize
• rot
• rust
• scour
• sear
• slash
• smart
• tingle

Weak match

• eat into

Strongest matches

• batter
• break
• burn
• contaminate
• harm
• hurt
• impair
• infect
• injure
• maim
• mangle
• mar
• pollute
• ravage
• ruin
• scorch
• smash
• tarnish
• tear
• undermine
• weaken
• wound
• wreck

Strong matches

• abuse
• bleach
• blight
• corrode
• corrupt
• crack
• deface
• defile
• dirty
• discolor
• disfigure
• disintegrate
• dismantle
• fade
• gnaw
• incapacitate
• lacerate
• maltreat
• mutilate
• rot
• rust
• scathe
• scratch
• split
• spoil
• stab
• stain
• vitiate
• wrong

Weak matches

• bang up
• cripple
• tamper with
• wreak havoc on

Strongest matches

• atrophy
• corrode
• decompose
• degenerate
• discolor
• disintegrate
• dissolve
• dwindle
• fade
• get worse
• lessen
• mortify
• pollute
• rot
• shrivel
• wane
• wither

Strong matches

• blight
• collapse
• curdle
• decline
• defile
• depreciate
• dry-rot
• fail
• mildew
• mold
• molder
• perish
• putrefy
• sap
• sicken
• sink
• slump
• spoil
• suppurate
• turn
• weaken

Weak matches

• be impaired
• become contaminated
• break up
• go bad
• go to seed
• go to the dogs
• hit rock bottom
• hit the skids
• pejorate
• putresce
• reach depths
• waste away

Strongest matches

• abate
• curb
• curtail
• cut down
• decline
• depreciate
• deteriorate
• diminish
• drop
• drop off
• dwindle
• ease
• ebb
• fall off
• lessen
• lower
• reduce
• shrink
• sink
• slacken
• slash
• slump
• soften
• subside
• wane
• weaken

Strong matches

• check
• contract
• crumble
• decay
• degenerate
• devaluate
• droop
• evaporate
• fade
• lighten
• modify
• quell
• quiet
• restrain
• settle
• shrivel
• waste
• wither

Weak matches

• calm down
• die down
• dry up
• let up
• lose edge
• narrow down
• peter out
• run low
• slack off
• slow down
• tail off
• wear down

Strongest matches

• crumble
• decline
• degrade
• depreciate
• disintegrate
• ebb
• fade
• fail
• fall apart
• languish
• lessen
• lower
• regress
• sink
• slide
• undermine
• weaken
• worsen

Strong matches

• adulterate
• alloy
• break
• corrode
• corrupt
• debase
• debilitate
• decompose
• deprave
• descend
• flag
• impair
• injure
• lapse
• mar
• pervert
• retrograde
• retrogress
• rot
• skid
• spoil
• vitiate

Weak matches

• be worse for wear
• become worse
• disimprove
• go downhill
• go to pieces
• go to pot
• go to the dogs
• hit the skids
• lose it
• lose quality

Strongest matches

• deteriorate
• disappear
• end
• expire
• fail
• fall
• pass
• stop
• vanish

Strong matches

• abate
• bate
• crumble
• decay
• decline
• degenerate
• dilapidate
• diminish
• droop
• ebb
• fade
• halt
• lapse
• moderate
• molder
• rankle
• recede
• retrograde
• rot
• sink
• slacken
• subside
• wane
• weaken
• wilt

Weak matches

• break down
• ease off
• fade away
• fade out
• fizzle out
• go bad
• go downhill
• let up
• lose power
• melt away
• peter out
• run down
• run low
• run out

Strongest matches

• exfoliate
• sliver

Strong matches

• blister
• chip
• desquamate
• drop
• pare
• scab
• scale
• shed
• slice
• trim

Weak match

• delaminate

Strongest matches

• erode
• frazzle
• unravel

Strong matches

• chafe
• fret
• ravel
• rip
• rub
• tatter
• tear
• wear

Weak matches

• become ragged
• become threadbare
• wear thin

Strongest match

• chafe

Strong matches

• abrade
• corrode
• erode
• excoriate
• fray
• gall
• riffle
• ripple

Weak match

• wear threadbare

Strongest match

• subside

Weak matches

• diminish
• disappear
• stop

Strongest matches

• diminish
• erode
• lessen
• pare
• shave
• trim

Strong matches

• carve
• chip
• consume
• decrease
• fashion
• form
• hew
• model
• mold
• sculpt
• shape
• undermine

Weak match

• eat away