wear away (v.)

• abate
• ablate
• abrade
• abrase
• absorb
• abstract
• assimilate
• atomize
• bark
• bate
• bite
• break
• cease
• chafe
• collapse
• consume
• corrode
• crumble
• curtail
• decay
• decline
• decompose
• decrease
• deduct
• deliquesce
• dematerialize
• depart
• deplete
• depreciate
• derogate
• detract
• die
• digest
• diminish
• disappear
• disintegrate
• disjoin
• disorganize
• disparage
• dispel
• disperse
• dissipate
• dissolve
• dive
• drain
• droop
• drop
• dwindle
• eat
• ebb
• erase
• erode
• evanesce
• evaporate
• exhaust
• exit
• expend
• expire
• extract
• fade
• fail
• faint
• fall
• file
• finish
• flag
• flee
• fly
• fray
• frazzle
• fret
• gall
• gnaw
• go
• gobble
• grate
• graze
• grind
• hide
• impair
• impoverish
• ingest
• languish
• lapse
• leach
• lessen
• melt
• molder
• pass
• perish
• pine
• plummet
• plunge
• purify
• rasp
• raze
• reduce
• refine
• remove
• retrench
• sag
• scour
• scrape
• scrub
• scuff
• shorten
• shrink
• sink
• skin
• spend
• split
• squander
• subside
• subtract
• swallow
• thin
• vanish
• wane
• waste
• weaken
• wear
• weather
• weed
• wilt
• withdraw
• yield