decimate

decimate englannista suomeksi

1. teloittaa joka kymmenes

2. harventaa

0. Verbi

1. desimoida

2. hävittää, lähes tuhota">lähes tuhota

3. alentaa resoluutiota">alentaa resoluutiota

3. Substantiivi

decimate englanniksi

1. To kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually out|carried out by the surviving soldiers.

(syn)

2. (circa), Taylor|Jeremy Taylor, Vol. I:

God sometimes decimates or tithes delinquent persons, and they died for a common crime, according as God hath cast their lot in the decrees of predestination.

3. {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Basil Davidson|chapter=The Ancient World and Africa|title=Egypt Revisited|page=49

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Adrian Goldsworthy|title=The Roman Army at War|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=55KE-nNtTRUC&pg=PA263|page=263

5. {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=Russell T. Davies|title=Doctor Who|chapter=The Sound of Drums

6. To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something).

7. {{quote-book|en|year=1840|author=P.J. Proudhon|title=What is Property?|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=zVx5JLepYrsC&pg=PA164|page=164

8. To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.

9. {{quote-text|en|year=p. 1856|author=James Froude|title=History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth

10. 1996, ''Star Trek: Voyager'' (TV series), ''Flashback'' (episode)

Um, some sort of power overload. I'm afraid it decimated your breakfast.

11. {{quote-book|en|year=2001|author=Otis C. Maloy; Timothy D. Murray; et al|title=Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology|volume=1|page=379

12. (quote-video game)|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2008|system=PC|scene=Citadel|genre=fiction|Science Fiction|isbn=9780784546642|oclc=246633669|passage=Captain Anderson: Commander Shepard did the right thing. We had to hold our fleet back to go after Sovereign. It was the only way. / Ambassador Udina: I agree, but this also presents us with an opportunity. The Council is dead. The galaxy is looking for leadership. / Ambassador Udina: The Citadel fleets were decimated in the attack. Their losses have made the Alliance stronger. If we step forward now, nobody will be able to stop us!

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14. To exact a tithe or other 10% tax.

15. (RQ:Dryden Wild Gallant)

16. {{quote-book|en|year=1819|author=John Lingard|title=History of England|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books&id=_oyv8qYm2p0C&pg=PA352|page=352

17. To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.

18. (RQ:Milton Hirelings)|footer=An adjective use.

19. To divide into tenths; to decimalize.

20. (quote-journal)

21. To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of (something).

22. {{quote-book|en|year=1998|editor=H. Wayne House|title=Israel, the Land and the People|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=cYAJwOR_WucC&pg=PA63|page=63

23. {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Susan S. Hunter|title=Black Death|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=wRd8QpoVGtQC&pg=PA58|page=58

24. {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Wilma A. Dunaway|chapter=Put in Master’s Pocket|title=Appalachians and Race|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=hea586e-L0QC&pg=PA116|page=116

25. To replace (a high-resolution model) with another of lower but acceptable quality.

26. 1999, Mihalisin & al., "Visualizing Multivariate Functions, Data and Distributions" in ''Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think'', page 122:

A decimate tool allows us to obtain a more coarse-grained view of the data over the full (g)-dimensional space.

27. {{quote-text|en|year=2001|title=Inside 3Ds Max 4|page=56

28. {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Geremy Heitz; et al|chapter=Automatic Generation of Shape Models using Nonrigid Registration with a Single Segmented Template Mesh|title=Vision Modeling and Visualization 2004|page=74

29. A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.

30. A tenth of something.

31. A set of ten items.

32. (inflection of)

33. (feminine plural of)