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attrition noun decrease, disintegration, dwindling, erosion, fading, falling off, lessening, waning, wearing away See also: erosion How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Simple attritional numbers, while easily produced, are, more often than not, meaningless. Moreover, it takes a two-thirds majority to win, so although Guatemala, Washington's favored candidate, has won every ballot except one, which was a tie, the repeated attritional voting has not resulted in victory. The First World War, with its terrible attritional character and acutely disappointing consequences, has thrown a long shadow over subsequent decades. |
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