Definisjon av decimate

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Verb

decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
decimate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
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Verb

decimate - To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
decimate - To reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
decimate - To exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent.
decimate - To reduce to one-tenth.
decimate - To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
decimate - To replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.

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  • decimate
    To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
  • decimate
    To kill in large numbers.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) decimate
  • Presens: decimate / decimates
  • Preteritum: decimated
  • Perfektum: (have) decimated

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