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Detrition

noun
1.
Erosion by friction.  Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, corrasion.
2.
The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice.  Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, grinding.
3.
Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.  Synonyms: friction, rubbing.





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... were ordered to be removed. Irretrievable damage must have resulted from this edict, but fortunately it was disobeyed in Rome and ignored elsewhere. Nowadays it has become the custom to place these slabs upright against the walls, thus preventing further detrition. To Cavaliere D. Gnoli we owe the preservation of the Crivelli tomb, which was in danger of complete demolition.[108] By being embedded in a wall instead of lying in a pavement this kind of monument, ...
— Donatello • David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford


Words linked to "Detrition" :   wearing, elbow grease, sweat, exertion, erosion, wearing away, abrasion, eroding, effort, travail, eating away


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