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decimate
IPA(Pronunciation)
Verb
archaic
broadly
obsolete
rare
proscribed
Japanese Meaning
（古典的な意味）集団の10分の1にあたる者を殺害する行為、特にローマ軍において、抽選により選ばれた者を生き残った兵士が殺す軍罰として実施されたもの
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(archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
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decimate
The tribune threatened to decimate the cohort if they continued their mutiny, a punishment that would see one in ten chosen by lot and killed by their comrades.
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The tribune threatened to decimate the cohort if they continued their mutiny, a punishment that would see one in ten chosen by lot and killed by their comrades.
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