ablation (n.)

• abrasion
• abrasive
• absorption
• abstraction
• assimilation
• atomization
• attrition
• breakup
• chafe
• chafing
• consumption
• corrosion
• decay
• decomposition
• decrease
• decrement
• deduction
• degradation
• depletion
• depreciation
• detrition
• digestion
• dilapidation
• disintegration
• disjunction
• disorganization
• dissipation
• dissolution
• drain
• dressing
• erasure
• erosion
• evaporation
• exhaustion
• expending
• expenditure
• filing
• finishing
• grazing
• grinding
• impoverishment
• incoherence
• ingestion
• leakage
• limation
• loss
• polishing
• purification
• rasping
• refinement
• removal
• resolution
• scouring
• scrape
• scraping
• scratch
• scratching
• scrub
• scrubbing
• scuff
• shining
• shrinkage
• spending
• squandering
• subduction
• subtraction
• use
• using
• wastage
• waste
• wastefulness
• wear
• wearing