attrits

Meaning of attrits

verb, 3rd person present
  1. wear down or weaken (an opponent or enemy) by means of sustained action.
    his defense was designed to attrit us
  2. wear down or erode; grind into fragments.
    the rock is of a kind which is fairly easily attrited

mid 17th century (in attrit (sense 2)): from late Latin attrit-, from atterere ‘to rub’; attrit (sense 1) is a back-formation from attrition and dates from the First World War.

Information about attrits

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of attrits is: attrit.
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Hyphenation of attrits

at-trits

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • attrits is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of attrits

attrist

Words that rhyme with attrits

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