attrit

Meaning of attrit

verb
  1. wear down or weaken (an opponent or enemy) by means of sustained action.
    his defense was designed to attrit us
  2. wear down or erode; grind into fragments.
    the rock is of a kind which is fairly easily attrited

mid 17th century (in attrit (sense 2)): from late Latin attrit-, from atterere ‘to rub’; attrit (sense 1) is a back-formation from attrition and dates from the First World War.

Information about attrit

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of attrit is: attrits.
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Hyphenation of attrit

at-trit

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • attrit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with attrit

Trit, trit, Shetrit, pentrit, strit

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