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decimated

/ˈdɛsɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈdɛsəmeɪtɪd/

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verb

Diezmar

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

Examples :

"The Roman legion's mutiny was brutally suppressed; as punishment, they were decimated, with every tenth man chosen by lot and executed by his comrades. "

La rebelión de la legión romana fue brutalmente reprimida; como castigo, fueron diezmados, con cada décimo hombre elegido por sorteo y ejecutado por sus camaradas.

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verb

Diezmar, destruir

To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.

Examples :

"The flu decimated the office staff, leaving only 90% of the employees able to work. "

La gripe diezmó al personal de la oficina, dejando solo al 90% de los empleados capaces de trabajar.

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Diezmar, devastar

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

Examples :

"The heavy rain decimated the tomato crop; most of the plants were ruined, but some still produced a few tomatoes. "

La fuerte lluvia diezmó la cosecha de tomates; la mayoría de las plantas se arruinaron, pero algunas aún produjeron algunos tomates.

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Exigir el diezmo

To exact a tithe or other 10% tax

Examples :

"The school district decimated its budget by requiring a 10% cut from all departments. "

El distrito escolar exigió el diezmo de su presupuesto al requerir un recorte del 10% de todos los departamentos.

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Diezmar

To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.

Examples :

"The villagers decimated their harvest, giving one-tenth to the temple. "

Los aldeanos diezmaron su cosecha, dando una décima parte al templo.

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verb

Decimalizar, dividir en décimas

To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.

Examples :

"The teacher decimated the long division problem into smaller, more manageable steps. "

El profesor decimalizó el problema de división larga en pasos más pequeños y manejables.

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verb

Diezmar, aniquilar

To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.

Examples :

"The invasive insect population decimated the farmer's corn crop, leaving only a small fraction of plants standing. "

La población de insectos invasores diezmó la cosecha de maíz del agricultor, dejando solo una pequeña fracción de plantas en pie.

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Reducir la calidad

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

Examples :

"To improve website loading speed on mobile devices, the developers decimated the high-resolution product images, using smaller, compressed versions instead. "

Para mejorar la velocidad de carga del sitio web en dispositivos móviles, los desarrolladores redujeron la calidad de las imágenes de productos de alta resolución, utilizando en su lugar versiones más pequeñas y comprimidas.

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