Definition of "abrading" []

• Present participle of abrade. (verb)

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• "Often the force of the water pushes the fabric right down into the throat, whereapon the interrogator yanks it out, abrading the soft tissues of the palate, causing great pain and making it difficult to speak as well."
• "People will occasionally attempt to clean photographs with a pencil eraser in order to get dirt off the face of a print -- which has the result of abrading the surface and leaving a permanent mark on it -- or washing it in water."
• "The abrading strain of stifling your speech, emotions and actions could easily make life seem interminable or, at a minimum, genuinely impoverished."