decimate in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for decimate in the English»French Dictionary

decimate [Brit ˈdɛsɪmeɪt, Am ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt] VB trans lit, fig

decimate

décimer

Translations for decimate in the French»English Dictionary

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décimer

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decimate in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for decimate in the English»French Dictionary

decimate [ˈdesɪmeɪt] VB trans

decimate

décimer

Translations for decimate in the French»English Dictionary

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décimer

to decimate

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English

In the middle of the 17th century, nearly the whole population was decimated by an epidemic of plague.

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The drought disrupted the migration of the gazelle, and decimated the forageable plant food sources.

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Furthermore, there were several epidemics (1641, 1652, 1665, 1675), which decimated towns population.

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Sharply decimated by war and epidemics, the town had to deal with several occupations and troop movements in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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In the late nineteenth century the vineyards were decimated by phylloxera.

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Since these people were mainly from the intellectual and social elite an entire generation of political and social leaders was decimated.

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With the arrival of winter, food supplies dwindles and disease decimated the weakest.

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At the same time, foreign industries had been decimated.

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The worst disaster in the town's history was an outbreak of the plague in 1456 that decimated the city's population.

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In addition, due to a miscommunication, his men were decimated by their own artillery, suffering 1,600 casualties.

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