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decimated
(encz) | decimated,decimoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
decimated
(encz) | decimated,ničil v: Zdeněk Brož |
decimated
(encz) | decimated,zdecimovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decimated
(encz) | decimated,zničený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Decimated
(gcide) | Decimate \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decimated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decimating.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to
decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See
Decimal.]
1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson.
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2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of;
as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
--Macaulay.
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3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army
in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
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decimated
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