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A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attrition warfare
Antonyms: none provided
A situation in which opponents try to overcome each other by wearing them out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَرْب اِسْتِنْزاف
(ḥarb istinzāf)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Belarusian:
вайна́ на знясі́ленне
(vajná na znjasíljennje)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Bulgarian:
война́ на изтоще́ние
(vojná na iztošténie)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Catalan:
guerra de desgast
— prolonged exhausting war
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Chinese Mandarin:
消耗戰 /消耗战
(xiāohàozhàn)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Chinese Mandarin:
摩擦戰 /摩擦战
(mócāzhàn)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Czech:
opotřebovávací válka
— prolonged exhausting war
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Danish:
udmattelseskrig
— prolonged exhausting war
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Dutch:
uitputtingsoorlog
— prolonged exhausting war
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Estonian:
kurnamissõda
— prolonged exhausting war
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Finnish:
näännytyssota
— prolonged exhausting war
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Finnish:
uuvutussota
— prolonged exhausting war
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Finnish:
kulutussota
— prolonged exhausting war
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French:
guerre d'usure
— prolonged exhausting war
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French:
guerre d'attrition
— prolonged exhausting war
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German:
Zermürbungskrieg
— prolonged exhausting war
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German:
Abnutzungskrieg
— prolonged exhausting war
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Hebrew:
מִלְחֶמֶת הַתָּשָׁה \ מלחמת התשה
(milkhémet hatashá)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Irish:
cogadh tnáite
— prolonged exhausting war
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Italian:
guerra di logoramento
— prolonged exhausting war
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Japanese:
消耗戦
(shōmōsen)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Korean:
소모전
(somojeon)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Latvian:
izsīkuma karš
— prolonged exhausting war
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Macedonian:
војна на трошење
(vojna na trošenje)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Norwegian Bokmål:
utmattelseskrig
— prolonged exhausting war
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Persian:
جنگ فرسایشی
(jang-e farsâyeši)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Polish:
wojna na wyczerpanie
— prolonged exhausting war
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Portuguese:
guerra de desgaste
— prolonged exhausting war
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Romanian:
război de uzură
— prolonged exhausting war
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Russian:
война́ на истоще́ние
(vojná na istoščénije)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Slovak:
opotrebovávacia vojna
— prolonged exhausting war
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Spanish:
guerra de desgaste
— prolonged exhausting war
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Spanish:
guerra de atrición
— prolonged exhausting war
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Swedish:
utnötningskrig
— prolonged exhausting war
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Swedish:
utmattningskrig
— prolonged exhausting war
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Turkish:
yıpratma savaşı
— prolonged exhausting war
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Ukrainian:
війна́ на ви́снаження
(vijná na výsnažennja)
— prolonged exhausting war
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Vietnamese:
chiến tranh tiêu hao
— prolonged exhausting war
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Welsh:
rhyfel athreuliol
— prolonged exhausting war
