decimate
['desimeit]
vt. 十中抽一，取十分之一；大批杀害
同义词
参考例子
1.The population was decimated by a plague.
人口中的大部分被一场瘟疫所毁。
2.The banshees cloak and attack the colossi as the terran ground forces decimate the protoss infantry.
女妖隐身去攻击神族的巨像，同时地面杀死了大量神族的步兵。
3.However, the food industry yesterday slammed the idea as 'dangerous', 'totally unrealistic' and likely to decimate British agriculture.
但是，食品工业昨日抨击这个做法是危险的不现实的，而且极有可能毁掉英国农业。
英文解释
v.
1.kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
2.kill in large numbers
网络释义
decimate
取十分之一; 分样; 十中抽一; 大批杀死;
decimate sift
分样筛;
decimate decimation
大批杀害; 每十人杀一人;