attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel. The word attrition comes from the Latin root atterere, meaning "to rub against", similar to the "grinding down" of the opponent's forces in attrition warfare.
attrition
the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
attrition
a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
attrition
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
attrition
erosion by friction
attrition_rate
the rate of shrinkage in size or number
attrition
noun: A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
noun: undefined
noun: A gradual reduction in number or strength because of stress or military action.
noun: A gradual reduction in personnel or membership because of resignation, retirement, or death, often viewed in contrast to reduction from layoffs.
noun: Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God.
noun: The rubbing of one thing against another; mutual friction: as, the abrasion of coins by attrition.
noun: The act of wearing away by rubbing; the state of being worn down or smoothed by friction; abrasion.
noun: In theology, imperfect contrition or repentance, with real detestation of sin, and a true purpose of amendment, arising from those supernatural motives of faith which are lower than charity, or the true love of God for his own infinite perfections.
noun: The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
noun: The state of being worn.
noun: Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See
noun: wearing or grinding down by
| antonym | form | hypernym | rhyme | same-context | synonym | variant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accretion | attrit | decrease | Deposition | abrasion | abatement | contrition |
| attrition damage | detrition | Inquisition | accessions | ablation | ||
| attritional | drop-off | Prohibition | accretion | abrasion | ||
| attritionary | eating away | Titian | alternation | abrasion | ||
| attritive | eroding | abolition | corrosion | abrasive | ||
| erosion | academician | cross-[[fire | fire]] | absorption | ||
| friction | acquisition | deceleration | apologies | |||
| lessening | addition | denudation | assimilation | |||
| regret | admission | depreciation | atomization | |||
| rubbing | admonition | deterioration | attenuation |