At this point, it's just a war of attrition. Only those who are patient can survive.
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Attrition
/əˈtɹɪʃən/
Synonyms for "attrition" (191 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
gallinggranulationgranulizationgratinggrazinggriefgrindingimpairmentimpoverishmentinanitioningestionlanguishmentlesseninglevigationlimationlossmashingmitigationpenancepenitence
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penitentlypolishingpoundingpowderingraspingreductionregretregretfulnessregretsregrettingrelaxationremissionremorseremorse of conscienceremorsefulnessrepentancerepiningretractionretrenchmentrubbing awayrueruthsandblastingsandingscouringscrapescrapingscratchscratchingscrubscrubbingscuffshameshamefacednessshamefastnessshamefulnessshiningshorteningshreddingshrinkageslackeningsmashingsmoothingsofteningsorrinesssorrowspendingsquanderingthinningtriturationtruncationusing upwastagewastewastefulnesswasting awayweakeningwearwear and tearwearing awaywearing downwistfulness
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More general
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
More specific
14 entriesCollocations
16 entriesattrition rateattrition warfareattritional impactattritional lossesattritional pressureattritional rateattritional warfareattritional wearcustomer attritioninvoluntary attritionmilitary attritionstaff attritionstudy attritionvoluntary attritionwar of attritionworkforce attrition
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изтриване noun (wearing by friction)
- изтъркване noun (wearing by friction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 磨損 /磨损 noun (wearing by friction)
Dutch
2 entries- sleet noun (wearing by friction)
- slijtage noun (wearing by friction)
Esperanto
1 entries- forfrotiĝo noun (wearing by friction)
Finnish
4 entries- hiertyminen noun (wearing by friction)
- hupeneminen noun (gradual reduction in number)
- hävikki noun (gradual reduction in number)
- kuluminen noun (wearing by friction)
French
1 entries- usure noun (wearing by friction)
German
4 entries- Abnutzung noun (wearing by friction)
- Abreibung noun (wearing by friction)
- Abrieb noun (wearing by friction)
- Abschürfung noun (wearing by friction)
Greek
1 entries- τριβή noun (wearing by friction)
Hebrew
1 entries- שחיקה noun (wearing by friction)
Hungarian
3 entries- felmorzsolódás noun (wearing by friction)
- felőrlődés noun (wearing by friction)
- kopás noun (wearing by friction)
Japanese
1 entries- 磨耗 noun (wearing by friction)
Latin
1 entries- attrītiō noun (wearing by friction)
Macedonian
1 entries- три́ење noun (wearing by friction)
Occitan
4 entries- abrasion noun (wearing by friction)
- ameniment noun (gradual reduction in number)
- amermament noun (gradual reduction in number)
- atricion noun (wearing by friction)
Portuguese
1 entries- atrito noun (wearing by friction)
Russian
3 entries- истира́ние noun (wearing by friction)
- стира́ние noun (wearing by friction)
- тре́ние noun (wearing by friction)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- habanje noun (wearing by friction)
- istiranje noun (wearing by friction)
Spanish
1 entries- abrasión noun (wearing by friction)
Swedish
2 entries- förslitning noun (wearing by friction)
- nötning noun (wearing by friction)
Turkish
1 entries- yıpratma noun (wearing by friction)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Rapid attrition in the number of employees led to an increased workload for those who remained.
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We're fighting a war of attrition.
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The US can't fight long wars of attrition.
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Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.