wear out
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(verb) deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" |
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Synonyms: wear, wear off, wear thin |
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Related Words: ablate, degenerate, deteriorate, scuff |
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(verb) go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
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Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear |
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Related Words: crumble, decay, delapidate, fray, frazzle |
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(verb) exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" |
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Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear upon, weary |
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Related Words: beat, exhaust, indispose, overfatigue, overtire, overweary, tucker, tucker out |
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