同义词： eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out carry off
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V-T To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. 大量毁灭
The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
V-T To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. 严重削弱
...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
…严重削弱了该国制造业的一次经济衰退。
Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.
廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。
The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.
这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。
The rays, in turn, decimated the bay scallop populations around North Carolina.
反过来，这些鳐鱼又大量捕杀了北卡罗来纳州周围的海湾扇贝。
"Rinderpest affected Africa, Asia and Europe for millennia and caused widespread famine and decimated millions of animals, both domestic and wild."
VOA: special.2010.11.02
Pollution,drought and erratic weather patterns caused by climate change have already decimated much of Yemen's farmlands.
VOA: standard.2010.04.01
She explains that the Tainos greeted Christopher Columbus when he landed in the New World in 1492, but the Spanish conquistadors who followed him decimated the tribe.
VOA: standard.2010.04.05
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