wearing down

abating declining depreciating diminishing dropping dwindling ebbing lightening lowering moderating narrowing plummeting plunging quieting sagging shrinking sinking slackening slowing slumping softening subsiding waning wasting weakening

dying down fading away losing momentum shriveling up wearing off

corrosion decrease destruction disintegration

abrasion attrition consumption despoliation spoiling wear

desedimentation eating away grinding down washing away

building construction rebuilding strengthening