[əˈtrɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wear down or weaken (an opponent or enemy) by means of sustained action
(e.g: his defense was designed to attrit us)

- wear down or erode; grind into fragments
(e.g: the rock is of a kind which is fairly easily attrited)


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in attrit): from late Latin attrit-, from atterere ‘to rub’; attrit is a back-formation from attrition and dates from the First World War