Détruire une grande partie de quelque chose.
To destroy a large part of something.
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La maladie a décimé le troupeau. — Disease decimated the herd.
La tempête pourrait ravager les récoltes cette année. — The storm could decimate the crops this year.
Les coupes budgétaires vont décimer le service des bibliothèques. — Budget cuts will decimate the local library service.
Les inondations ont ravagé les jardins du village le printemps dernier. — Floods decimated the village gardens last spring.
Pourquoi la sécheresse n'a-t-elle décimé que les champs de l'est ? — Why did the drought decimate only the eastern fields?
Un seul insecte peut-il vraiment ravager tout un verger ? — Can one pest really decimate a whole orchard?
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