Synonyms for attrition
əˈtrɪʃ ənat·tri·tion

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1. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

2. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

3. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

4. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

5. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

6. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

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1. attrition

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, repentance, affliction, penitence, compunction, remorse, self-reproach

   Antonyms:
   impenitence, callousness, obduracy, reprobation, relentlessness

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1. abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detritionnoun

   erosion by friction

   Synonyms:
   excoriation, corrasion, contriteness, rubbing, detrition, contrition, scratch, friction, abrasion, scrape, grinding

2. grinding, abrasion, attrition, detritionnoun

   the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

   Synonyms:
   excoriation, corrasion, contriteness, rubbing, detrition, contrition, scratch, friction, abrasion, scrape, grinding

3. attrition, contrition, contritenessnoun

   sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

   Synonyms:
   contriteness, abrasion, grinding, corrasion, contrition, detrition

4. attritionnoun

   a wearing down to weaken or destroy

   "a war of attrition"

   Synonyms:
   contriteness, abrasion, grinding, corrasion, contrition, detrition

5. attritionnoun

   the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction

   Synonyms:
   contriteness, abrasion, grinding, corrasion, contrition, detrition

Matched Categories

1. • Decrease
   • Friction
   • Sorrow

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1. attritionnoun

   Synonyms:
   abrasion, friction, rubbing

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1. List of paraphrases for "attrition":

   wear, depuration, erosion

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1. Abu Hamed:

   There is a large attrition, particularly of anti-armor weapons, the military equipment we have - be it tanks, cars or trucks, is being targeted directly. We lost two cars today.

2. Beverly Wyse:

   On a per airplane basis, our employee base will come down but we cover that with natural attrition and having temporary workers, contract workers.

3. Josh Putnam:

   This isn't a conventional cycle, but what we tend to see is a war of attrition, (Traditionally) it's not about getting to a magic number, it's the race ending as a function of the last viable candidate dropping out. But that's where 2016 is different, there's a significant motivation from some within the Republican Party to prevent Trump from getting the nomination.

4. Timothee Chalamet:

   It just seemed like something really out of the wheelhouse and for that reason it was terrifying, as every teacher I've had in every drama school I went to says, chase the things that are challenging; your work will be a form of attrition if you keep working on the things you are comfortable with.

5. Thomas Manger:

   Between not being able to put any academy classes through the prior year, with the attrition, the way it's been over the past year, we're now really about 400 officers short of where we need to be and that's a pretty critical issue for us.