attrition, n.All

Attrition (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the strategy of bleeding a small regime until hardship and harsher repression turn its people against it — as officials frankly admit.