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decimate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
| Type of | kill |
| Derivation | decimation |
decimate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | kill |
| Verb group | eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, annihilate, wipe out, carry off |
Examples of decimate
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During the past ten weeks, I have somehow managed to decimate all seven seasons.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Don't worry, he believes his efforts will benefit human health, not decimate it.
From the sciencedaily.com
What if it is a lousy year caused by injuries that decimate the offensive line?
From the philly.com
We will decimate species of nature that feed us, give us joy, help us recreate.
From the newsobserver.com
Close relatives of the pest also decimate crops in China, Australia and Europe.
From the newscientist.com
On Rosh Hashana, we eat leeks and ask God to cut away or decimate our enemies.
From the denverpost.com
Let's repair to the Stage Deli and decimate some schnecken while I hold court.
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They plan to decimate every gain that has been won for the masses since 1945.
From the guardian.co.uk
Why would India deliberately decimate a human capital dividend like china has done?
From the economist.com
- Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- Eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- (decimation) destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
- (Decimation (Roman army)) Decimation (decimatio; decem = "ten") was a form of military discipline used by officers in the Roman Army to punish mutinous or cowardly soldiers. The word decimation is derived from Latin meaning "removal of a tenth."
- (Decimation (signal processing)) In digital signal processing, decimation is a technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal. The element which implements this technique is referred to as a decimator.
- (Decimation (story)) Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning out of the House of M limited series, that focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch's stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.
- To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group; To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent; To exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent; To reduce to one-tenth; To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely; To replace a high-resolution model with one ...
- (Decimated) Dot Cottoned, Druck-steaming, Drunk as a Lord, Drunk as a skunk
- (Decimated) On time series plots where some subsampling has occurred, this will be indicated by a label which says Decimated (N), where N is the interval between samples. Thus N=3 means every third value is shown. ...
