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14 Jan 2019
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What does "decimate" in this context mean?
What does "decimate" in this context mean?
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@massive you're welcome! Another meaning for this could be to eat a lot of
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@Ukiyos it's good to know, thank you! my japanese english dictionary said that is like "killing someone aggressively" and got confused lol
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@massive the real meaning is "to kill, remove, or destroy a large portion", so he's going to remove (eat) a lot of cheese 😂
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@massive English is very confusing, there are a lot of words that mean something else depending on the context. If you have any more questions feel free to add me on LINE 😊
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@Ukiyos yeah English is very hard for me to learn! the grammar and concept of English look completely opposite of Japanese. And thank you, I also have Line "nahvoh" and I may can be help of you haha!
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@massive Decimate means something like "to reduce to nothing", like destroy or demolish. It also means to thoroughly beat, so really it's just an aggresive word to give emphasis to the sentence. Some other possibilities that could be used in this sentence are:
devour (literal)
evaporate
demolish
destroy
disintegrate
assimilate
general words that relate to making something disappear.
It's fun to replace aggressive actions with these words
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@Loafer Thank you! So the speaker used the word to emphasize the nuance! It's kinda a difficult unfamiliar word for me, but natives must enjoy the nuance intuitively rather than using or seeing normal expressions... it's good to know, thank you!
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