💥decimation (desiméyshion)

noun
/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/
истребление (istreblenie)

Значение

The act of destroying or killing a large proportion of something.
Перевод значения
Действие по уничтожению или убийству большой части чего-либо.
Deystviye po unichtozheniyu ili ubijstvu bol'shoy chasti chego-libo.

Примеры предложений

The decimation of the city left thousands homeless.

Истребление города оставило тысячи бездомных.
Istreblenie goroda ostavilo tysyachi bezdomnykh.

Синонимы

destruction, devastation, annihilation, ruin

Антонимы

protection, preservation

Коллокации

mass decimation, decimation of population, decimation of species

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