Silbentrennung
de·ci·mateTürkische aussprache
desımeytSynonyme
annihilate,
butcher,
commit genocide,
execute,
exterminate,
kill off,
massacre,
obliterate,
slaughter,
stamp out,
wipe outAussprache
/ˈdesəˌmāt/ /ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt/
Etymologie
() From Latin decimare ‘to take the tenth (decimus) part of anything,’ in particular referring to the levying and payment of tithe and also the practice of capital punishment applied to one man at random (by lot) out of every ten in a legion.