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decimation

/des-uh-mey-shuhn/US // ˌdɛs əˈmeɪ ʃən //

分割,分割率,淘汰,衰减

Related Words

murder谋杀,谋杀案,谋杀罪,杀人slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀bloodbath屠杀,喋血街头,流血事件,喋血genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休bloodshed流血,流血事件,血流成河,流血过多slaying杀戮,杀人,屠杀,杀人事件assassination暗杀,刺杀,刺杀案,暗杀案liquidation清算,清理,清盘,清偿eradication根除,铲除,根除法,根除问题elimination消除,消灭,淘汰,取消extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾demolition拆除,拆卸,拆迁,爆破destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏bloodletting放血,放血疗法,放血术,流血butchery屠宰场,屠宰业,屠宰,宰杀annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件mass murder大规模谋杀,大规模杀戮,大规模谋杀案,大规模杀人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the destruction of a great number or proportion of people, animals, or things:There is growing evidence that pesticide use is contributing significantly to the decimation of bee populations.
    • : the act or practice of killing one-tenth of a population, as a punishment, to cull wild animals, or for other purposes:The Roman Empire used decimation, executing 1 in 10 people—ordinary citizens, slaves, or soldiers—to quell mutinies, riots, and other uprisings.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inextinguishment
Synonyms
destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏elimination消除,消灭,淘汰,取消eradication根除,铲除,根除法,根除问题excision割礼,割伤,割除,割喉extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族liquidation清算,清理,清盘,清偿obliteration湮灭,湮没,遗忘,销毁slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀
as inpogrom
Synonyms
destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏elimination消除,消灭,淘汰,取消eradication根除,铲除,根除法,根除问题excision割礼,割伤,割除,割喉extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族liquidation清算,清理,清盘,清偿obliteration湮灭,湮没,遗忘,销毁slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀
as ingenocide
Synonyms
carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休holocaust大屠杀,大屠杀事件,大浩劫,浩劫mass murder大规模谋杀,大规模杀戮,大规模谋杀案,大规模杀人massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭ethnic cleansing种族清洗,族裔清洗,种族净化,民族清洗mass execution大规模处决,集体处决,大规模执行,大规模的处决race extermination种族灭绝,消灭种族,种族灭亡,种族消灭
as inapocalypse
Synonyms
carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休holocaust大屠杀,大屠杀事件,大浩劫,浩劫mass murder大规模谋杀,大规模杀戮,大规模谋杀案,大规模杀人massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭ethnic cleansing种族清洗,族裔清洗,种族净化,民族清洗mass execution大规模处决,集体处决,大规模执行,大规模的处决race extermination种族灭绝,消灭种族,种族灭亡,种族消灭
as inmassacre
Synonyms
assassination暗杀,刺杀,刺杀案,暗杀案bloodbath屠杀,喋血街头,流血事件,喋血bloodshed流血,流血事件,血流成河,流血过多carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族murder谋杀,谋杀案,谋杀罪,杀人slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭butchery屠宰场,屠宰业,屠宰,宰杀internecion国际化,国际,国际会议,国际化进程
as inannihilation
Synonyms
demolition拆除,拆卸,拆迁,爆破destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏elimination消除,消灭,淘汰,取消eradication根除,铲除,根除法,根除问题extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾liquidation清算,清理,清盘,清偿massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件obliteration湮灭,湮没,遗忘,销毁ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀demolishment拆毁,拆除,拆卸,拆迁extinguishment熄灭,消灭,灭亡,灭绝
as inbutchery
Synonyms
bloodbath屠杀,喋血街头,流血事件,喋血bloodletting放血,放血疗法,放血术,流血carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭bloodshed流血,流血事件,血流成河,流血过多killing杀人,杀害,杀死,扼杀slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀slaughterhouse屠宰场,屠房,屠宰厂,屠场
as inextermination
Synonyms
destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏elimination消除,消灭,淘汰,取消eradication根除,铲除,根除法,根除问题extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族liquidation清算,清理,清盘,清偿slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀excision割礼,割伤,割除,割喉obliteration湮灭,湮没,遗忘,销毁extinguishment熄灭,消灭,灭亡,灭绝

Examples

  • As this pandemic continues to decimate the livelihoods of countless independent musicians, Swift has sold more albums inside this calendar year than anyone else on Earth.

  • With the pandemic decimating ridership and fare revenue, the agency is looking to cut one-quarter of its $2 billion in annual operating expenses from next year’s budget.

  • From coast to coast, transit agencies are planning for layoffs and pared-down service as the coronavirus pandemic decimates budgets and a federal stimulus package remains stalled in Congress.

  • In the past six months, companies ranging from Uber to NBCUniversal to Boeing have laid off employees, as industry after industry has been decimated.

  • Free sampling — an age-old marketing tactic — has been decimated by store closures and lockdown mandates from coronavirus.

  • But the site has seen little of the decimation from heavy tourism that has plagued the northern pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

  • In Texas, the grave consequences of the decimation of state family-planning funds in 2011 are already evident.

  • The Shirt-tail battalion and the bluegrass battalion stood in peril of decimation in their maiden engagement.

  • The Texans in their escape and conflicts had lost five men, and Santa Anna demanded the decimation of the rest.

  • It is only because of the large families that they rear, that they are able to withstand this yearly decimation of their ranks.

  • We should not be surprised if at least one part of the mysterious decimation turned out to be an early act of beneficial hidation.

  • Sometimes the inroads of tigers cause the abandonment of an entire village, the natives preferring exile to gradual decimation.

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