transitive. To select by lot and put to death one in every ten of (a body of soldiers). Also in rhetorical or hyperbolical use: to reduce…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > one in ten or decimate (3) tithe1583 transitive. To select by lot and put to death one in every ten of (a body of soldiers). Also in rhetorical or hyperbolical use: to reduce… decimate1591 transitive. Chiefly Roman History. With reference to military punishment: to select by lot and put to death one in every ten of (a body of… tenth1598 transitive. To decimate, to tithe. |
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