Mr. Jukes Brown, whom I have just quoted, says: “The Wold hills must have been, in some way, exposed to a severe and long-continued detrition, when erosive agencies were very active.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference

The reason for their growth, as a final cause, is their function, for they would soon be worn down if there were not some means of saving them; even as it is they are altogether worn down in old age in some animals which eat much and have not large teeth, their growth not being in proportion to their detrition.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Generation of Animals] Reference

Nowadays it has become the custom to place these slabs upright against the walls, thus preventing further detrition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donatello, by Lord Balcarres] Reference

Another is the constant repetition of certain words and phrases which have lost their meaning by detrition and are known to all.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Sketches 1908] Reference

And when, a hundred years hence, some antiquary reads this story in a number of the "Omaha Intelligencer," which has escaped the detrition of the thirty-six thousand days and nights, he will say.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brick Moon, and Other Stories] Reference

The banks of the Mississippi at this place, and for a thousand miles above and below, are elevated but a few feet above the surface level of its water; and, in consequence of the continuous detrition, it is no uncommon occurrence for large slips to give way, and be swept off in the red whirling current.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference

C. detrition d. trituration Ans: (a) Explanation: purgation = act of spiritual purification all other words are related to 'powderiness'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

51.a. purgation b. pulverisation c. detrition d. trituration Ans: (a).    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference