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DECIMATE

v.t.[L. decimo, from decem, ten. ] 1. To tithe; to take the tenth part.
2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man; a practice in armies, for punishing mutinous or unfaithful troops.
3. To take every tenth.

DECIMATE

Dec "i *mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decimated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decimating.] Etym: [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2 ), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal. ]

decimate

dec i mate |ˈdesəˌmāt ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of: the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness | the American chestnut, a species decimated by blight. • drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something ): plant viruses that can decimate yields. 2 historical kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others ) as a punishment for the whole group. DERIVATIVES dec i ma tion |ˌdesəˈmāSHən |noun, dec i ma tor |-ˌmātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin decimat- ‘taken as a tenth, ’ from the verb decimare, from decimus ‘tenth. ’ In Middle English the term decimation denoted the levying of a tithe, and later the tax imposed in England by Cromwell on the Royalists (1655 ). The verb decimate originally alluded to the Roman punishment of executing one man in ten of a mutinous legion. usage: Historically, the meaning of the word decimate is ‘kill one in every ten of (a group of people ).’ This sense has been superseded by the later, more general sense ‘kill or destroy a large percentage or part of, ’ as in the virus has decimated the population. Some traditionalists argue that this and other later senses are incorrect, but it is clear that these extended senses are now part of standard English. It is sometimes also argued that decimate should refer to people and not to things or animals such as weeds or insects. It is generally agreed that decimate should not be used to mean ‘defeat utterly. ’

decimate

decimate |ˈdɛsɪmeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of: the inhabitants of the country had been decimated. • drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something ): public transport has been decimated. 2 historical kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion ) as a punishment for the whole group. DERIVATIVES decimation |-ˈmeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, decimator noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin decimat- ‘taken as a tenth ’, from the verb decimare, from decimus ‘tenth ’. In Middle English the term decimation denoted the levying of a tithe, and later the tax imposed by Cromwell on the Royalists (1655 ). usage: Historically, the meaning of the word decimate is ‘kill one in every ten of (a group of people )’. This sense has been more or less totally superseded by the later, more general sense ‘kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of ’, as in the virus has decimated the population. Some traditionalists argue that this is incorrect, but it is clear that it is now part of standard English.

decimate

dec i mate /désəmèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 〈病気 汚染などが 〉〈人 動物 〉を (大量に )殺す .2 〈不況などが 〉〈組織 団体など 〉を縮小させる .3 (古代ローマの軍隊での処罰法で )…を10人ごとに1人ずつ選んで殺す .