wears down

present tense third-person singular of wear down

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breaks down
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“Wears down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wears%20down. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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