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attrit

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at·trit  (-trt) also at·trite (-trt)
tr.v. at·trit·ted also at·trit·ed, at·trit·ting also at·trit·ing, at·trits also at·trites
1. To lose (personnel, for example) by attrition.
2. To destroy or kill (troops, for example) by use of firepower: "Pro-active counterattacks are a useful way to attrit the enemy" (John H. Cushman, Jr.)
[Back-formation from attrition.]


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These outposts were to attrit the approaching enemy, and were expected to execute a delaying resistance in order to force the enemy to deploy his artillery too early.
The elastic defence, 1917-1943 by Curtis, Vincent J. / The Canadian Army Journal
The JTAC understood I was trying to slow the battle down and attrit the enemy at range.
JCAS and The Defense of Duffer's Wadi by Andrews, D. Wayne / FA Journal
while the majority of the mainland's air fleet will still be composed of second and third generation aircraft, the sheer numerical advantage of older platforms augmented by some fourth generation aircraft could attrit [sic] Taiwan's air defenses sufficiently over time to achieve air superiority.
China's Military: A Second Opinion by Ford, Carl / The National Interest
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