degradation
debasement | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
| attrition | the act of rubbing together, wearing something down by friction |
| attrition | a wearing down to weaken or destroy, a war of attrition |
attrition
contrition
contriteness | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
| glacial boulder | a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin |
grinding
abrasion
attrition
detrition | the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice |
abrasion
attrition
corrasion
detrition | erosion by friction |
abrasion
scratch
scrape
excoriation | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
abasement
degradation
abjection | a low or downcast state, each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement- H.L.Menchken |
Pleistocene
Pleistocene epoch
Glacial epoch | from two million to thousand years ago, extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere, the time of human evolution |
ice age
glacial period
glacial epoch | any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface, the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene |
attrition rate
rate of attrition | the rate of shrinkage in size or number |
arctic
frigid
gelid
glacial
icy
polar | extremely cold, an arctic climate, a frigid day, gelid waters of the North Atlantic, glacial winds, icy hands, polar weather |
frigid
frosty
frozen
glacial
icy
wintry | devoid of warmth and cordiality, expressive of unfriendliness or disdain, a frigid greeting, got a frosty reception, a frozen look on their faces, a glacial handshake, icy stare, wintry smile |
| glacial | relating to or derived from a glacier, glacial deposit |