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Encyclopedia > Attrition

Attrition means wearing down by friction or grinding and may refer to the following.

Look up Attrition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

In military science: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

  • Attrition warfare, the military strategy of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in personnel and material.
  • War of Attrition, a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970
  • Battle of attrition, a military engagement in which neither side has any tactical advantage

In other uses: This article is about the military strategy. ... The War of Attrition was a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970. ... A battle of attrition is a military engagement in which neither side has any tactical advantage, so that the only result of the fighting is the loss of men and materiel on both sides. ...

The word fluvial is used in geography and earth science to refer to all topics related to flowing water. ... In game theory the War of attrition is a model of aggression in which two contestants compete for a resource of value V by persisting while accumulating costs at a constant rate c. ... Imperfect contrition (also known as attrition) in catholic theology is a desire not to sin for a reason other than love of God. ... Attrition is an information security-related website, updated at least weekly by an all-volunteer staff. ... Bold textAttition is an electronic music band, formed in Coventry, England in 1980 by Martin Bowes and Julia Niblock. ... Star Wars Customizable Card Game (SW:CCG) is a customizable card game based on the Star Wars fictional universe. ...

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Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (7373 words)
Between 1968 and 1972, a period known as the War of Attrition, numerous scuffles erupted along the border between Israel and Syria and Egypt.
It was also agreed to lend autonomy to Palestinians across the Green Line.
On July 7, 1981, the Israeli Air Force bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osiraq in an attempt to foil Iraqi efforts at producing an atomic bomb.
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