Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

war of attrition

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: war of at-tri-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.

noun

A situation in which opponents try to overcome each other by wearing them out.

Example Sentences

"A bullet for your war of attrition And your exploitation of the human condition"
"So far, soldiers on the front lines said they had seen little evidence of escalation beyond this largely slow-moving war of attrition."
"The Site Director was expected to initiate DISCIDIUM Protocol should the situation become untenable; so far as remote observation of the remains of Ipperwash Park above can show, this was not done. Transmissions are occasionally intercepted from the Site, and after memetic 'washing' by RAISA have been determined to originate from uncompromised personnel conducting a war of attrition against the above-mentioned entities. It is from their reports that the majority of this information, save for that regarding SCP-001-A, has been derived. As an understanding of each entity may aid in the defeat of SCP-001-A, no action has been taken to remove Site-43 from operational effectiveness."

Inflected Forms

wars of attrition (plural)

Phrases

Pyrrhic victory

Frequently Paired Words

Pyrrhic victory

Synonyms

attrition warfare

Questions

What does war of attrition mean?: A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.

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