单词 | decimation |
释义 | decimation (once / 46170 pages) n WORD FAMILY decimation: decimations+/decimate: decimated, decimates, decimating, decimation USAGE EXAMPLESThe decimation was so bad that the family acquired a macabre celebrity. The Guardian(Dec 09, 2016) We face awesome environmental challenges: climate change, food production, overpopulation, the decimation of other species, epidemic disease, acidification of the oceans. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) Pete Wilson, is widely considered a watershed moment that eventually led to the decimation of the Republican Party in the state. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) n destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) Hyper destruction, devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
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