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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   decimation

   • IPA[ˌdesəˈmāSH(ə)n]

   美式

   • n.
     the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species；a drastic reduction in the strength or effectiveness of something

   • noun: decimation, plural noun: decimations

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species our growing hunger for fish has resulted in the decimation of fish stocks the decimation of our rainforests
   • ▪ a drastic reduction in the strength or effectiveness of something we need to halt the decimation of this country's manufacturing base economic and financial decimation from two world wars
   • 2. historical the killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group (originally with reference to a mutinous Roman legion).
3. • 更多解釋

   decimation

   • IPA[ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species: our growing hunger for fish has resulted in the decimation of fish stocks the decimation of our rainforests

   Oxford Dictionary