verbWord forms: -trits, -tritting or -tritted US slang(transitive)
1.
to wear down or dispose of gradually
2.
to kill
Also : attrite
Word origin
C18: back formation from attrition
attrit in American English
(əˈtrɪt)
transitive verbWord forms: -tritted, -tritting
to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower
Word origin
[1750–60; back formation from attrition]This word is first recorded in the period 1750–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bunker, infiltrate, railroad, swish, totem