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Abrasive   /əbrˈeɪsɪv/   Listen
Abrasive

adjective
1.
Causing abrasion.  Synonym: scratchy.
2.
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous.  Synonym: harsh.  "An abrasive character"
noun
1.
A substance that abrades or wears down.  Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material.



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"Abrasive" Quotes from Famous Books



... cones went flowing out. Mary had always liked to watch the oscillators and as she stood there, her guests temporarily forgotten, her eyes filled with the almost human movements of the whirling machines, her ears with the triumphant music of the abrasive wheels biting into the metal, that same unconscious air of pride fell upon her, too, and although she didn't know it, her glance deepened and her head went up—quite in the ...
— Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston



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