Decimate

Vocabulary Spotlight

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: तबाह करना (tabah karna) – Kisi cheez ya community ka bada hissa destroy karna ya badi khatara pahunchana.

[des-uh-meyt]

Destroy – नष्ट करना (nasht karna)
Ravage – बर्बाद करना (barbaad karna)

Damage – नुकसान (nuksan)
Devastate – विध्वंस करना (vidhvans karna)

“Decimate” Latin shabd “decimare” se aaya hai, jiska matlab hai “every tenth man ko maarna”. Yeh shabd ancient Roman military se liya gaya hai.

Verb: Decimate – तबाह करना (tabah karna)

Noun: Decimation – विध्वंस (vidhvans)

1. Tsunami ne coastal area ko puri tarah decimate kar diya.

– The tsunami decimated the coastal area completely.

2. War ne unke gaon ko decimate kar diya tha.

– The war had decimated their village.

India mein natural disasters jaise floods aur earthquakes ke dauran kai jagah decimation dekha gaya hai, jo kai logon ki zindagi par asar karta hai.

Decimate ka use massive destruction ya bohot zyada nukasan ke sandarbh mein hota hai, khaaskar communities aur natural disasters mein.

Build (बनाना)

Protect (सुरक्षित करना)

Destroy (नष्ट करना)

Enhance (बढ़ाना)

‘Destroy’ sahi jawab hai kyunki decimate ka matlab bohot badi tabahi ya nuksan pahunchana hai.

French (फ्रेंच)

Latin (लैटिन)

Greek (ग्रीक)

Spanish (स्पैनिश)

‘Latin’ sahi jawab hai kyunki decimate ka origin Latin shabd “decimare” se hai.

Build (बनाना)

Ravage (बर्बाद करना)

Destroy (नष्ट करना)

Damage (नुकसान)

‘Build’ sahi jawab hai kyunki yeh decimate ka opposite hai, jabki baaki sab similar meanings hain.