A prolonged period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear down the other by a series of small-scale actions.
‘The midfield sector at this stage of the game resembled a war of attrition with neither side gaining a stronghold.’
‘The combat is certainly much better than it was last year, so it's a shame that some of the boss battles turn into wars of attrition with petty single-hit attacks.’
‘Another heavy struggle for the clock, with one team finally imposing its will in a war of attrition, minus the stand-to and the morning hate?’
‘They have no education, no job and are prepared to sacrifice their lives in a war of attrition against the US military machine.’
‘In the wake of the tsunami that claimed over 250,000 lives in Aceh, the military has continued its war of attrition.’
‘Neglected and drab, this once-grand Regency mansion had been the battlefield for a war of attrition between John's mother and father.’
‘They will also seek to engage the New Zealand front five in a war of attrition.’
‘I have put myself through a war of attrition, willing the other side to win.’
‘The eight-year war of attrition which followed cost thousands of lives on both sides.’
‘He planned on this kind of war of attrition from the minute he knew he was militarily finished.’
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