decimatern.

Brit.

/ˈdɛsᵻmeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈdɛsəˌmeɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decimate v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < decimate v. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier decimator n.

A person who or thing which decimates a group, population, etc. Cf. decimator n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > widespread destruction > one who causes

decimator1797

decimater1856

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlv. 273 The decimater of the senate.

1891 Weekly Truth (Elkhart, Indiana) 5 Feb. A disease which has had no rival except cholera as a decimater of the human race.

1907 Med. Times 35 309/1 Never, perhaps, has there been a race so grievously afflicted with tuberculosis, cocainism, the venereal diseases and like decimaters of mankind.

1965 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 22 June a12/4 On ranches goats are sure decimaters of any rattlesnake population explosion.

2010 R. H. Gundry Comm. New Test. (Heb. xi. 28) 908/1 Exodus 12:23 says the Lord will smite the Egyptians but also distinguishes the decimater from the Lord, presumably ‘the decimater’ is the angel of the Lord, his alter ego.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decimater
释义	decimatern. Brit. /ˈdɛsᵻmeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈdɛsəˌmeɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decimate v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < decimate v. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier decimator n. A person who or thing which decimates a group, population, etc. Cf. decimator n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > widespread destruction > one who causes decimator1797 decimater1856 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlv. 273 The decimater of the senate. 1891 Weekly Truth (Elkhart, Indiana) 5 Feb. A disease which has had no rival except cholera as a decimater of the human race. 1907 Med. Times 35 309/1 Never, perhaps, has there been a race so grievously afflicted with tuberculosis, cocainism, the venereal diseases and like decimaters of mankind. 1965 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 22 June a12/4 On ranches goats are sure decimaters of any rattlesnake population explosion. 2010 R. H. Gundry Comm. New Test. (Heb. xi. 28) 908/1 Exodus 12:23 says the Lord will smite the Egyptians but also distinguishes the decimater from the Lord, presumably ‘the decimater’ is the angel of the Lord, his alter ego. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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