Meaning & use
Attrited
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Worn down, reduced, or weakened gradually through sustained pressure or loss over time.
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The company's workforce was slowly attrited through a hiring freeze rather than layoffs.
The enemy's supply lines were attrited by repeated small-scale raids.
A note on using this word
Attrited is the past tense of the verb 'attrite,' a back-formation from 'attrition' common in military and business jargon.
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