1. wearing away or eroding by friction or abrasion; having the quality of scraping or grinding away
Usage: technical/geological; rare in modern usage; more commonly spelled 'corrosive' when referring to chemical erosion

Examples

• The corrasive action of the river over millennia carved deep canyons into the rock.
• Sand and gravel have a corrasive effect on machinery if not properly sealed.
• Glacial movement creates corrasive forces that reshape the landscape.
• The corrasive wear on the pipe was caused by sediment in the water.
• Geologists study corrasive processes to understand valley formation.