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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    decimate

    • IPA[ˈdɛsɪmeɪt]

    英式

    • v.
      kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of；drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something)

    • verb: decimate, 3rd person present: decimates, gerund or present participle: decimating, past tense: decimated, past participle: decimated

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of the inhabitants of the country had been decimated
    • ▪ drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something) public transport has been decimated
    • 2. historical kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers