decimation 的定义
- 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.
decimation 近义词
等同于 extinguishment
等同于 pogrom
等同于 genocide
等同于 apocalypse
等同于 massacre
等同于 annihilation
decimation 的近义词 13 个
- demolition
- destruction
- elimination
- eradication
- extermination
- extinction
- liquidation
- massacre
- obliteration
- ruin
- slaughter
- demolishment
- extinguishment
decimation 的反义词 2 个
等同于 butchery
decimation 的近义词 8 个
等同于 extermination
更多decimation例句
- 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.