Bite at
Bite at verb - To consume or wear away gradually.
Usage example: the waves were biting at the sand castle I had worked so hard on
Both terms in one sentence
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While tied to chairs, Rell gets Keanu to slash and bite at the ropes on his hands to fray them enough to break free, by whispering the key phrase he used to train Keanu to destroy photographs of his ex-girlfriend.
Source: Film / Keanu
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Destroy and Bite at. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bite_at/destroy
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