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v. Simple past tense and past participle of fray.

adj. worn away or tattered along the edges

"Unspoken, unmentioned, was the reality the that the domestic consensus for the war, so clear in the wake of 9/11, has frayed, is broken, and absent another terrorist tragedy could never be reassembled with the strength it once possessed."

frayed    fraying    frays   

touch    adjoin    meet    contact    break    bust    wear out    fall apart    wear    fight   

frayed    fraying   

affray    contest    combat    broil    frighten    terrify    alarm    defray    rub    ravel   

A    A.    Bay    Bombay    Bua    Ca    Cabernet    Calais    Cathay    Chevrolet   

tattered    silken    woolen    threadbare    scarlet    plaid    sodden    rag    greasy    dirty