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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.]
attrit [əˈtrɪt]
vb -trits, -tritting, -tritted US slang (tr)
1. to wear down or dispose of gradually
2. to kill
[back formation from attrition]
Translations
attrit [əˈtrɪt] VT attrite [əˈtraɪt] VT → desgastar, agotar
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To support these capabilities, the Defense Department needs to continue to procure systems in critical sectors, otherwise industrial capability will attrit, never to return, or if returning, only at a much greater cost than if the industry remained engaged at a reasonable level.
Defense industrial base: plans needed to ensure soft landing by Farrell, Lawrence P., Jr. / National Defense
The sophistication required to conduct SA successfully against modern systems entails a much greater intelligence-analysis cost than do operations that simply attrit enemy fielded forces.
Whatever happened to strategic attack? by Hunerwadel, J.P. / Air & Space Power Journal
18) The Allies established significant combat forces on the Italian mainland with Avalanche and continued to attrit the German war machine.
Air support of the Allied landings in Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio by St. Clair, Matthew G. / Joint Force Quarterly
 
 
 
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