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attrited
We have found lemma(root) word of attrited : attrit.
Definitions
[əˈtrɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- wear down or weaken (an opponent or enemy) by means of sustained action
(e.g: his defense was designed to attrit us)
- wear down or erode; grind into fragments
(e.g: the rock is of a kind which is fairly easily attrited)
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Origin
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mid 17th century (in attrit): from late Latin attrit-, from atterere ‘to rub’; attrit is a back-formation from attrition and dates from the First World War
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