That raises quite another question: What do you mean by the verb to
decimate? No, to
decimate is not the same thing as to annihilate.
In general, it would
decimate the American middle class, the backbone of our free society.
City Council Minority Leader, James Oddo, last week accused his colleagues of the chain saw massacre of lead laws that he warned could
decimate affordable housing stock.
Although elephants can
decimate acres of crops in a night and cause dozens of fatalities each year, the Kenyan authorities have been at the forefront of eradicating poaching.
Also, the Center says that all it would take to
decimate the technological infrastructure of the U.S.
If you choose to be an evil tyrant and amuse yourself by wreaking havoc on the people with lightning storms and
decimate them with marauding creatures, you will rule by tear.
It is feared the alien predator will
decimate other wildlife in the River Darent if it grows large enough and will become a threat to young children and family pets
Frank Joseph, of Key Communications Group Inc., told us, "VerticalNet is a great idea, with the potential to
decimate the newsletter business as we know it.
Can it be only six months ago that this cold latka - in which a bunch of hopped-up flyboys of varied ethnic persuasions made believe to join forces and
decimate a horde of computer-and-latex extraterrestrial locusts - had all Terra in its thrall?
The data flow for downconversion with
decimate x 2 filtering of the HSP43216 digital filter is shown in Figure 2.
The word
decimate was in trouble even before the Gulf War, which seems now to have destroyed more of the English language than of Iraq's war machinery.
In a meeting with Mackenzie just weeks before the labour minister's announcement, Michener claimed that "if Ontario's minimum wage is established at 60-per-cent of the average wage in Ontario it will
decimate our industry."
SARGODHA -- The Cantonment Board Sargodha (CBS) has launched drive to
decimate stray dogs and in this regard, special teams have been constituted.
Should the council and Mr Mallon rebuild these areas before looking to
decimate greenbelt land?
