decimate

英 ['desɪmeɪt] 美 ['desɪmeɪt]

• v. 毁掉大部分；大量杀死；使骤减

英英释义

Verb:

1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

2. kill in large numbers;

   "the plague wiped out an entire population"
   

经典引文

• All my parents' friends, all my friends' brothers were getting killed. Our circle was decimated.

  出自： R. Lehmann

• Plague decimated Moscow in 1771.

  出自： V. Cronin

近反义词

【近义词】

• annihilate 消灭
• destroy 破坏
• devastate 毁坏
• ruin 毁灭
• slaughter 残杀
• lay waste 荒芜(尚未开垦)...
• demolish 拆毁
• cut down 削减
• butcher 屠夫
• lessen 减少
• extinguish 熄灭
• eradicate 根除
• eliminate 除去
• carry off 带走
• wipe out 消灭