decimate
- IPA[ˈdesəˌmāt]
美式
- kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part 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 percentage or part of the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness the American chestnut, a species decimated by blight
- ▪ drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something) plant viruses that can decimate yields
- 2. historical kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers
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- IPA[ˈdɛsɪmeɪt]
英式
- kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of: the inhabitants of the country had been decimated
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