attrit
Meaning of attrit
verb
- wear down or weaken (an opponent or enemy) by means of sustained action.
his defense was designed to attrit us
- 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.
- Languages in which attrit is used:
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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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