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Noun [English]

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  1. (military) A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out. Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: attrition warfare Related terms: Pyrrhic victory Translations (prolonged exhausting war): حَرْب اِسْتِنْزاف (ḥarb istinzāf) [feminine] (Arabic), вайна́ на знясі́ленне (vajná na znjasíljennje) [feminine] (Belarusian), война́ на изтоще́ние (vojná na iztošténie) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 消耗戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 消耗战 (xiāohàozhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 摩擦戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩擦战 (mócāzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), opotřebovávací válka [feminine] (Czech), udmattelseskrig [common-gender] (Danish), uitputtingsoorlog [masculine] (Dutch), kurnamissõda (Estonian), näännytyssota (Finnish), uuvutussota (Finnish), kulutussota (Finnish), guerre d’usure [feminine] (French), guerre d’attrition [feminine] (French), Zermürbungskrieg [masculine] (German), Abnutzungskrieg [masculine] (German), מִלְחֶמֶת הַתָּשָׁה \ מלחמת התשה (milkhémet hatashá) [feminine] (Hebrew), 消耗戦 (shōmōsen) (alt: しょうもうせん) (Japanese), 소모전 (somojeon) (alt: 消耗戰) (Korean), војна на трошење (vojna na trošenje) [feminine] (Macedonian), utmattelseskrig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), جنگ فرسایشی (jang-e farsâyeši) (Persian), wojna na wyczerpanie [feminine] (Polish), guerra de desgaste [feminine] (Portuguese), război de uzură [neuter] (Romanian), война́ на истоще́ние (vojná na istoščénije) [feminine] (Russian), opotrebovávacia vojna [feminine] (Slovak), guerra de desgaste [feminine] (Spanish), utnötningskrig [neuter] (Swedish), utmattningskrig [neuter] (Swedish), yıpratma savaşı (Turkish), війна́ на ви́снаження (vijná na výsnažennja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), chiến tranh tiêu hao (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figuratively) A situation in which opponents try to overcome each other by wearing them out. Tags: figuratively
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        "1": "wars of attrition"
      },
      "expansion": "war of attrition (plural wars of attrition)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Pyrrhic victory"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Gerald Casale, Josh Freese, Josh Hager, Steve Bartek (lyrics and music), “I'm Gonna Pay U Back”, in I'm Gonna Pay U Back, performed by DEVO's Gerald V. Casale:",
          "text": "A bullet for your war of attrition\nAnd your exploitation of the human condition",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 6, Michael Schwirtz, “On Ukrainian Front, Grinding War and Weary Anticipation of Invasion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "So far, soldiers on the front lines said they had seen little evidence of escalation beyond this largely slow-moving war of attrition.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 6, HarryBlank, “Executive Dysfunction”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-05-26:",
          "text": "The Site Director was expected to initiate DISCIDIUM Protocol should the situation become untenable; so far as remote observation of the remains of Ipperwash Park above can show, this was not done. Transmissions are occasionally intercepted from the Site, and after memetic 'washing' by RAISA have been determined to originate from uncompromised personnel conducting a war of attrition against the above-mentioned entities. It is from their reports that the majority of this information, save for that regarding SCP-001-A, has been derived. As an understanding of each entity may aid in the defeat of SCP-001-A, no action has been taken to remove Site-43 from operational effectiveness.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "prolonged",
          "prolonged"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "wearing",
          "wear out"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "wear out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "attrition warfare"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A situation in which opponents try to overcome each other by wearing them out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "overcome",
          "overcome"
        ],
        [
          "wearing them out",
          "wear out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A situation in which opponents try to overcome each other by wearing them out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarb istinzāf",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرْب اِسْتِنْزاف"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vajná na znjasíljennje",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вайна́ на знясі́ленне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vojná na iztošténie",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "война́ на изтоще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "消耗戰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāohàozhàn",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "消耗战"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "摩擦戰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mócāzhàn",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "摩擦战"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opotřebovávací válka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "udmattelseskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uitputtingsoorlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "kurnamissõda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "näännytyssota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "uuvutussota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "kulutussota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerre d’usure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerre d’attrition"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zermürbungskrieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abnutzungskrieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "milkhémet hatashá",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מִלְחֶמֶת הַתָּשָׁה \\ מלחמת התשה"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうもうせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōmōsen",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "消耗戦"
    },
    {
      "alt": "消耗戰",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "somojeon",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "소모전"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vojna na trošenje",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "војна на трошење"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utmattelseskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jang-e farsâyeši",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "جنگ فرسایشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wojna na wyczerpanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra de desgaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "război de uzură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vojná na istoščénije",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "война́ на истоще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opotrebovávacia vojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra de desgaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "utnötningskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "utmattningskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "yıpratma savaşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vijná na výsnažennja",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "війна́ на ви́снаження"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
      "word": "chiến tranh tiêu hao"
    }
  ],
  "word": "war of attrition"
}

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