decimating

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present participle of decimate
decimate
To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely
decimate
To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent
decimate
(Roman history) To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group
decimate
To exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent
decimate
to destroy a measurable or large proportion of
decimate
{f} destroy a large part of
decimate
{v} to take the tenth, to tithe
decimate
To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease
decimate
To take the tenth part of; to tithe
decimate
To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny
decimate
To reduce to one-tenth
decimate
To replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance
decimate
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
decimate
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
decimate
To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group
decimate
To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry. to destroy a large part of something (decimatus, past participle of decimare , from decem )
decimate
kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
decimating

    Silbentrennung

    de·ci·mat·ing

    Türkische aussprache

    desımeytîng

    Aussprache

    /ˈdesəˌmātəɴɢ/ /ˈdɛsəˌmeɪtɪŋ/
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