decimate
Kelime Anlamı :
1. katliam.
2. Her on kişiden birini öldürmek.
3. osoea sosdas.
4. önemli ölçüde azaltmak.
5. her onuncu adamı öldürmek.
6. kırıp geçirmek.
7. çoğunu öldürmek.
8. kıran girmek.
9. büyük bir kısmını yok etmek.
10. onda birini öldürme.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
to destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
2. usage problem to inflict great destruction or damage on: the fawns decimated my rose bushes.
3. usage problem to reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.
4. to select by lot and kill one in every ten of.
2. usage problem to inflict great destruction or damage on: the fawns decimated my rose bushes.
3. usage problem to reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.
4. to select by lot and kill one in every ten of.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
to kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group.
2. to reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
3. to exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent.
4. to reduce to one-tenth.
5. to severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
6. to replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.
2. to reduce anything by one in ten, or ten percent.
3. to exact a tithe, or tax of 10 percent.
4. to reduce to one-tenth.
5. to severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
6. to replace a high-resolution model with one of lower resolution but acceptably similar appearance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
to take the tenth part of; to tithe.
2. to select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of.
3. to destroy a considerable part of
2. to select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of.
3. to destroy a considerable part of
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to take the tenth part of or from; tithe.
2. to select by lot and put to death every tenth man of: as, to decimate a captured army or a body of prisoners or mutineers (a barbarity occasionally practised in antiquity).
3. loosely, to destroy a great but indefinite number or proportion of: as, the inhabitants were decimated by fever; the troops were decimated by the enemy's fire.
2. to select by lot and put to death every tenth man of: as, to decimate a captured army or a body of prisoners or mutineers (a barbarity occasionally practised in antiquity).
3. loosely, to destroy a great but indefinite number or proportion of: as, the inhabitants were decimated by fever; the troops were decimated by the enemy's fire.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia