noun🔗Shareデシメーション(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot."After the mutiny, the Roman legion faced decimation; every tenth soldier was chosen by lot and executed. "反乱後、ローマ軍はデシメーションに直面し、10人に1人の兵士がくじ引きで選ばれ処刑された。militarywarhistorynumberactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share大虐殺、壊滅(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population."The new disease caused the decimation of the bee population in the area, leading to concerns about crop pollination. "新しい病気がその地域のミツバチの個体数を壊滅させ、作物の受粉に関する懸念を引き起こしました。militarydisasterhistorywargroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share十分の一税、大量虐殺A tithe or the act of tithing."The church requested a voluntary decimation of the harvest, asking farmers to donate ten percent of their crops. "教会は収穫の十分の一税を自発的に求め、農家に対し収穫量の10％を寄付するよう要請しました。religionhistorymilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareデシメーション、間引きThe creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence."The teacher's decimation of the reading list left only every third book for the students to study. "教師が読書リストを間引いたため、生徒が勉強するのは3冊に1冊の割合になった。computingnumbermathtechnologystatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
