āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
decimate
/dËÉsÉĒmËeâÉĒt/
to decimate
01
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to kill large groups of people
Transitive: to decimate a group of people
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The invading army aimed to decimate the opposing forces during the battle.
āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻļāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
(in a Roman legion) to kill one in every ten soldier
Transitive: to decimate a group of soldiers
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In ancient times, the Roman legions would decimate their own ranks to maintain discipline.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
decimation
decimate
decimal
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
