attritional
- a word derived from attrition.
Example Sentences
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The most likely is a fifth year of grinding attritional warfare, while talks go round in circles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Military experts don’t expect the pattern of attritional fighting to change this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Launching his 20th Australian Open campaign, Monfils outlasted Sweeny, who is 15 years his junior, in an attritional first set.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
"It has been relentless for him. He is a very capable leader who has driven real change, but at some point it becomes unsustainably attritional."
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
The attritional effect of repeated raids may be very great.
From Sound Military Decision by Kalbfus, Edward C. (Edward Clifford)
