Decimate

['desɪmeɪt] or ['dɛsə,met]

解释:

(verb.) kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies.

校对:奥利弗--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

(v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.

(v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

汉克整理

解释:

v.t. to take the tenth part of: to put to death every tenth man.—ns. Decimā′tion a military punishment by which every tenth man was selected by lot and put to death or otherwise punished; Dec′imator.

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