We’re conducting the most precise air campaign in history, and we’re able to attrit [ISIL] and its capabilities any time and anywhere.
Submitted by: Kerry from United Kingdom on 16/03/2016
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The verb attrit dates back to the 1950s. It is a derivative of the noun attrition, which is defined in the Macmillan English Dictionary as ‘the process of making an enemy physically and mentally weaker by continuously attacking them’.