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at⋅trit

  [uh-trit]
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–verb (used with object), -trit⋅ted, -trit⋅ting.
to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
Origin:
1750–60; back formation from attrition
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at·trit   (ə-trĭt')   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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