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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   decimate

   • IPA[ˈdesəˌmāt]

   美式

   • v.
     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

2. • 釋義

   v.

   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
3. • 更多解釋

   decimate

   • IPA[ˈdɛsɪmeɪt]

   英式

   • v.
     kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of: the inhabitants of the country had been decimated

   Oxford Dictionary