attritional

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Military experts don’t expect the pattern of attritional fighting to change this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The most likely is a fifth year of grinding attritional warfare, while talks go round in circles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

British researcher Jade McGlynn, who studies the Russia-Ukraine war at King's College London, predicted a "bloody, attritional winter" of fighting.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

"It has been relentless for him. He is a very capable leader who has driven real change, but at some point it becomes unsustainably attritional."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

The attritional effect of repeated raids may be very great.

From Sound Military Decision by Kalbfus, Edward C. (Edward Clifford)