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decimate

英['desɪmeɪt] 美['dɛsə,met]
  • vt. 十中抽一,取十分之一;大批杀害

英英释意


1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
2. kill in large numbers;
"the plague wiped out an entire population"