decimate
/ˈdesɪmeɪt/verb
उच्चारण डेसिमेट
बड़े पैमाने पर नष्ट करना, सफ़ाया करना
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verb
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[T] ~ sth
to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people in a particular area; to severely damage or weaken something
बड़े पैमाने पर नष्ट करना, सफ़ाया करना
- The disease decimated the cattle population.
- The floods decimated the standing crops in the district.
- Drought decimated the herds of cattle in the region.
+ 2 more examples
- A long dry spell decimated the sugarcane crop last year.
- The epidemic decimated the village, and few families escaped unharmed.
Synonyms destroy devastate wipe out annihilate ravage
◇Word family
decimation noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
dec·i·mate
?Which word?
Keep the destroy words together: decimate, devastate (destroy completely), annihilate (destroy totally), ravage (damage badly), obliterate.
नष्ट करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: decimate, devastate (पूरी तरह नष्ट), annihilate (सर्वनाश), ravage (बुरी तरह नुकसान), obliterate।
⌂Word origin and word building
Today it means destroying a large part of something.
आज इसका अर्थ किसी चीज़ के बड़े हिस्से को नष्ट करना है।