Attrition

At this point, it's just a war of attrition. Only those who are patient can survive.

Rapid attrition in the number of employees led to an increased workload for those who remained.

We're fighting a war of attrition.

The US can't fight long wars of attrition.

The group has been weakened by attrition and a string of high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and 2000s.

We're fighting a war of attrition with armies of robots.

Recent years have seen […] more and more blatant reversals of previous Supreme Court decisions in favor of the constitutional rights of minorities. These increasingly conservative decisions, and constant attrition of individuals' rights, have directly paralleled the alarming increase of convictions in our courts.

attritioned teeth; attritioned rock

[…] He took her in his arms And kissed her long and wetly, Till, attritioned by her charms, His will collapsed completely.

[…] but the heart of the health services in New York will have to attrition out some 3,000 to 5,000 jobs.