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detrited (adjective), more detrited, most detrited
1. Descriptive of something that has been worn or ground away: The detrited stones along the banks of the river were the smoothest that Adam had seen during his hiking adventures.
2. In geology, disintegrated; a reference to loose fragments or grains that have been removed by gradual attrition from rocks: The strong winds across the desert created detrited particles of sand which accumulated into dunes or hills that shifted across the desert area.
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