grind
verb (used with object)
to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet.
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"By late Wednesday all the company's three refiners will have ground to a halt," Hellenic's labor union leader Panagiotis Ofthalmides told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2011