Decimate - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.

Примеры использования:

The inhabitants of the country had been decimated

verb

Kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group.

Примеры использования:

The man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers

verb

To destroy large numbers of people, animals, or other creatures, or to harm something severely

Примеры использования:

Overfishing has decimated the cod population., we decimated public transportation in the 1950s and …

verb

To kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely

Примеры использования:

Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.