Definition of "attriting" []

• Present participle of attrite. (verb)

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• "WOLFOWITZ: We started in April with the notion of attriting (ph) the Taliban by assisting the Northern Alliance."
• "And the intel we got, which Hayden and Mukasky said is 50% of the intel we have to fight these deadly radical Muslims, allowed and still allows us to keep on the offensive against them, attriting their numbers and breaking up more deadly assaults on our citizens and troops."
• "And if fighters are present...well, ten SU-30MKK four on-station CAP plus Ready Flight plus two can carry up to 80 AAMs, severely attriting any attack launched from long range."