decimate

英['desimeit]美['desimeit]

v.[T]
1.灭杀...中的十分之九，大批杀死；大量毁灭
2.（尤指在古罗马军队中以抽签方式）处死（反叛士兵等）的十分之一
3.取...的十分之一；消灭...的十分之一
4.大大削弱...的力量（或有效性）
5.【废】对...征取什一税

同：	[v.] annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish

decimate a regiment
抽杀一个军团十分之一的人收藏
By the late 1970s pelts were $ 500 each, and the fur industry, logging and development had combined to decimate the lynx in Colorado
到了20世纪70年代后期，毛皮的价格升为每张500美元，毛皮业、伐木业和开发产业一起，导致了科州山猫被大批捕杀。收藏

kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
kill in large numbers
- the plague wiped out an entire population
[同] decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, annihilate, carry off, wipe out

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