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attritionary

attritionary adjective: causing or relating to attrition.

Adjective

attritionary (comparative more attritionary, superlative most attritionary)

  1. Causing or relating to attrition.

Forms of attritionary

comparativemore attritionary
superlativemost attritionary

Origin of attritionary

From attrition + -ary.

Questions about attritionary

What does attritionary mean?
Attritionary means causing or relating to attrition.
What part of speech is attritionary?
Attritionary is an adjective.

Words near attritionary in the dictionary

  1. attrition damage
  2. attrition warfare
  3. attritional
  4. attritional mortality
  5. attritionally
  6. attritionary
  7. attritioned
  8. attritioning
  9. attritions
  10. attritive
  11. attritor

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