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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -decimat-, *decimat*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
decimate(vt) ทำลายยับเยิน, See also: ทำลายไปเป็นจำนวนมาก, สังหารหมู่, Syn. abate, massacre
decimation(n) การทำลายล้างเป็นจำนวนมาก, See also: การสังหารหมู่, การฆ่าล้างบาง, Syn. genocide, destruction

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
decimatevt. ทำลายยับเยิน, สังหารยับเยิน, เลือกคนที่ 10, See also: decimation n. ดูdecimate decimator n ดูdecimate, Syn. destroy

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
decimate(vt เลือกชิ้นที่) 10, ทำลายยับเยิน, ทำให้เสียหายมาก, ฆ่าทิ้ง

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
decimate
decimated
decimating
decimation

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
decimate
decimated
decimates
decimating

WordNet (3.0)
decimate(v) kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
decimation(n) destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Decimate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decimated p. pr. & vb. n. Decimating ] [ L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal. ] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decimation

n. [ L. decimatio: cf. F. décimation. ] 1. A tithing. [ Obs. ] State Trials (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decimator

n. [ Cf. LL. decimator. ] One who decimates. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

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