dezimieren

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German

Etymology

Latin decimāre (to take or offer a tenth part)

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  • Hyphenation: de‧zi‧mie‧ren
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Verb

dezimieren (weak, third-person singular present dezimiert, past tense dezimierte, past participle dezimiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to decimate
    Eine Klimaveränderung hat viele überlebenswichtige Pflanzen dezimiert.
    A climate change decimated many survival-important plants.

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