Attrit

Quick meaning: Attrit is a verb meaning To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition.

Meaning

To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition.

More Meanings

1. To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out.
2. To be reduced in quantity through attrition.
3. (military) To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower.
4. (countable) One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee.

Example Sentences

[…] pebbles of vast size, or blocks of stone, attrited by water to smoothness, conjoined by a cement of mud.

The primary objective is to attrit the units sufficiently so that they cannot close with the units in contact.

the relatives who had been helping slipped away as I grew older, attriting for various reasons that all amounted to the same reason.

The interference theory of second language loss holds that forgetting is actually interference between the attriting language and the language replacing it.

Word Forms

• attrits
• attriting
• attritting
• attrited
• attritted
• attrite

Synonyms for attrit

Depending on context, synonyms include term.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include worn, attrite, attrition, abrade, wear, beat down.

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