Attritional

During the fall, winter, and spring, fish that died of attritional mortality would be disarticulated according to the length of time they lay on the bottom prior to the next period of deposition.

The war in Ukraine is becoming increasingly attritional.

a prolonged attritional battle

attritional wear on a molar

After months of attritional, heavy-handed flirting […]

Sighted on Habitat 7, this unknown species has proven to be extremely dangerous. Their armor and equipment suggest a technologically advanced species capable of spaceflight, while their battle tactics indicate attritional warfare with a centralized command.

The drama of the finale was at odds with almost of all the match, which was an attritional affair on a tricky surface.

The first half was attritional, too congested for England’s liking. Tuchel has talked about bringing Premier League levels of intensity but that was in short supply.