The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ABRASIVE
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More clues leading to the result ABRASIVE
- Rough Spanish agreement accepted by a Native American fighter
- I save change to bag garment that’s chafing!
- A supporter’s unbounded naivety is grating
- Overly aggressive air base about to claim victory
- In prayer, underwear is upside down — that’s annoying
- One wears lingerie, one with average clothing
- One bar’s busy and one’s rough
- Irritating new air base must secure victory
- Irritating supporters — one in street
- Source of annoyance — undergarments I have rubbing
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What does ABRASIVE mean?
ABRASIVE noun- A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
- Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
- Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
- Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; causing irritation.