To be reduced in quantity through attrition.
To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower.
To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out.
To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition.
One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.