Verb

To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition

*{{quote-book, 1858, , Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic citation

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To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out

*{{quote-book, 1997, , Legal Tender citation

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

To be reduced in quantity through attrition

*{{quote-book, 2001, Lynne Hansen, Studies in Japanese Bilingualism, chapter=Language Attrition in Contexts of Japanese Bilingualism citation

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

(military) To lose, or to kill troops by attrition due to sustained firepower

*{{quote-book, 2001, John Matsumura, Lightning Over Water: Sharpening America's Light Forces for Rapid Missions citation

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