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Definition of Attrite

Attrite
Attrite At*trite", a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad + terere to rub. See Trite.] 1. Rubbed; worn by friction. --Milton. 2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

Meaning of Attrite from wikipedia

- able to escort far into Germany on daylight raids and by ranging ahead attrited the Luftwaffe to establish control of the skies over Western Europe. By...
- damage done by Gu's defection and the number of communist spy arrests attrited the group until, in 1935 the CCP elected to disband it. While many of Teke's...
- recoded to 640X and 740X will not be deleted until the inventory naturally attrites. NAVADMIN 124/13 refers.) 741X Ship's Clerk (General) 748X Explosive Ordnance...
- can also affect attrition. A positive attitude towards the potentially attriting language or its speech community and motivation to retain the language...
- paradigm to smaller scale engagements using asymmetric means and methods to attrite our forces, and our will, over longer duration conflicts. These new threats...
- installations, sometimes for days, in the hope of reducing fortifications and attriting defending forces. Obsolete battleships unfit for combat against other...
- because it is so very unlikely that the forces of both sides would become attrited in even roughly the same way. One side is likely to get a rather commanding...
- counter-offensive. Battle engagements in South Carolina largely seriously attrited the 1st and 3rd Regiments in the spring of 1780, who amalgamated into a...
- Laos, the second AC-130 lost in three days, and the first E-model gunship attrited. This second loss in three days alarmed Special Operations Command, and...
- a female navy student helicopter pilot, Ensign Rebecca Hansen, who was attrited from flight training for substandard flight performance. Rather than let...