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Decimate
decimate
(decimates, decimating, decimated) 1. To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. The pollution could decimate the river’s thriving population of kingfishers... VERB: V n 2. To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. ...a recession which decimated the nation’s manufacturing industry. VERB: V n
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transitive verb (-mated; -mating) Etymology: Latin decimatus, past participle of decimare, from decimus tenth, from decem ten Date: 1660 1. to select by lot and kill every tenth man of 2. to exact a tax of 10 percent from poor as a ~d Cavalier — John Dryden 3. a. to reduce drastically especially in number cholera ~d the population b. to cause great destruction or harm to firebombs ~d the city an industry ~d by recession • decimation noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 disp. destroy a large proportion of. Usage Now the usual sense, although often deplored as an inappropriate use. 2 orig. Mil. kill or remove one in every ten of. Derivatives decimation n. decimator n. Etymology: L decimare take the tenth man f. decimus tenth ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. воен. казнить, расстреливать каждого десятого 2. опустошать; истреблять; косить cholera decimated the country —- холера опустошала страну 3. ист. взимать или собирать десятину ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) казнить каждого десятого 2) уничтожать, косить cholera decimated the population - холера косила население 3) hist. взимать десятину ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v T usually passive to destroy a large part of something (The population has been decimated by disease.) - decimation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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