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attrition noun

  /əˈtɹɪʃən/
  • (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.
 avfall, bortfall
  • (sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
 bortfall
  • (linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
 förlust
  • Grinding down or wearing away by friction.
 förslitning, nötning
  • (dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
 nötning
  • The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
 utmattning
war of attrition
utnötningskrig, utmattningskrig
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