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• n  erosion by friction
• n  the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
• n  sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
• n  a wearing down to weaken or destroy
  a war of attrition
• n  the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction

• There was tension in the borders resuling into constant attrition in the ranks of both the countries.
• Well-documented records of the longevity of Civil War veterans give Myers his most solid evidence of the true rate of attrition by age.
• But the general election was a war of collision, not attrition.

• abrasion
• corrasion
• detrition
• grinding
• contrition
• contriteness

News & Articles

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• iOS 7: Apple’s war against jailbreaking now makes perfect sense
  Apple has been locked in a long-term war of attrition against iOS jailbreakers...
  June 11, 2013 - MacDailyNews
• Allentown School District to lay off 99 teachers
  A total of132 teaching positions are being eliminated, 33 of them through attrition. Teacher rallies, parent protests and desperate pleas to the school board couldn't change the bottom line. Allentown School District had to cut. And nearly 100 teachers are losing their jobs.        
  June 10, 2013 - The Morning Call
• Allentown School District notifies 99 teachers they are laid off
  While 132 teaching positions will be eliminated under a proposed $242 million budget, the teachers union president said only 99 actual employees will lose their jobs due to attrition.
  June 10, 2013 - The Express-Times

Quotes

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• Joe Lieberman in International Herald Tribune
  Saying the screeners had been beset with "unusually high rates of attrition, vacancy, workplace injury, discrimination complaints and other indications of employee dissatisfaction," Lieberman predicted that the measure would improve security.
• Theo Epstein in ESPN
  There's so much attrition in baseball. I think the minute we start counting on having a six-man rotation or give it any serious consideration, that's when we lose a pitcher or two in spring training,Epstein said. "I'm sure that topic will...
• Husain Haqqani in DAWN.com
  We have had tremendous attrition and a lot of loss of lives because of not having the right equipment,he pointed out.