decimate
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
- To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something).
- To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
- (obsolete) To exact a tithe or other 10% tax.
- (obsolete) To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
- (obsolete) To divide into tenths; to decimalize.
- To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of (something).
- To replace (a high-resolution model) with another of lower but acceptable quality. (Usually algorithmically)
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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from Latin decimāre (“to take or offer a tenth part”), from decimus (“tenth”). As a noun, via Latin decimatus (“tithing area; tithing rights”).
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