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| wear out -
go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
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break,
wear,
bust,
fall apart |
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dilapidate,
crumble,
decay bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
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wear off,
wear away diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"
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whittle away,
whittle down,
wear away cut away in small pieces
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chip off,
come off,
break away,
break off,
chip break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
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break apart,
crash,
break up stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
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fray,
frazzle wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve"
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bust,
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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| wear out -
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
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tire,
wear upon,
tire out,
wear,
weary,
jade,
outwear,
wear down,
fag out,
fag,
fatigue |
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refreshen,
freshen,
refresh become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
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fatigue,
jade,
weary,
tire,
pall exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
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indispose cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
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tucker,
tucker out,
exhaust,
wash up,
beat wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
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overfatigue,
overtire,
overweary tire excessively
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| wear out -
deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
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wear,
wear off,
wear down,
wear thin |
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deteriorate become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
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ablate remove an organ or bodily structure
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scuff poke at with the foot or toe
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