How do you pronounce decimate?

decimate is pronounced as /ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/.

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decimate

🔥decimate (désimate)

verb

/ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/

destruir (destruir)

decimal decimation

Meaning

To destroy or kill a large proportion of something.

Traducción del significado

Destruir o matar una gran proporción de algo.

Destruir o matar una gran proporcion de algo.

Oraciones de ejemplo

The wildfire decimated the forest.

El incendio arrasó el bosque.

Synonyms

destroy, devastate, annihilate, ruin, wipe out

Antonyms

preserve, protect, save

Colocaciones

decimate population, decimate forest, decimate resources, decimate economy

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