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verb (used with object), at·trit·ted, at·trit·ting.
to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
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attrit
1956, U.S. Air Force back-formation from attrition which attained currency during the Vietnam War. (A 17c. attempt at a verb produced attrite).
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