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Wear the Cong down, and he'll quit... Attrit him.
—Atlantic Monthly, 1969
'Attrit' (back-formation from 'attrition') is a recent variant, apparently US military, of the older verb 'attrite' "rub; wear down", which is known from 1726 (1917 in military context).