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decimated

/ˈdɛsɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈdɛsəmeɪtɪd/

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verb

Décimer

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 mutinerie de la légion romaine fut brutalement réprimée ; en guise de punition, ils furent décimés, chaque dixième homme étant désigné par tirage au sort et exécuté par ses camarades.

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verb

Décimer

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 grippe a décimé le personnel de bureau, ne laissant que 90 % des employés capables de travailler.

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verb

dévaster, réduire considérablement

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. "

Les fortes pluies ont dévasté la récolte de tomates ; la plupart des plants ont été ruinés, mais certains ont encore produit quelques tomates.

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verb

Prélever la dîme

To exact a tithe or other 10% tax

Examples :

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

Le district scolaire a prélevé la dîme sur son budget en exigeant une réduction de 10 % de tous les départements.

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verb

Prélever la dîme

To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.

Examples :

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

Les villageois prélevaient la dîme de leur récolte, donnant un dixième au temple.

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verb

Décimaliser, diviser en dixièmes

To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.

Examples :

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

Le professeur a divisé le long problème de division en étapes plus petites et plus gérables.

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verb

Décimer, anéantir

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 population d'insectes envahissants a décimé la récolte de maïs de l'agriculteur, ne laissant qu'une petite fraction des plants debout.

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verb

Réduire, diminuer

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. "

Pour améliorer la vitesse de chargement du site web sur les appareils mobiles, les développeurs ont réduit les images de produits haute résolution, en utilisant à la place des versions plus petites et compressées.

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