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To reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people).

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Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • To reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people).
  • (obsolete) To increase by half as much again; especially to increase the price in this way.
  • (rare, obsolete) To do or perform three times or for the third time.
  • To divide into three parts, especially to divide into thirds.
  • (firearms) To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
  • [Noun]
  • The third year of training in various Christian religious orders (especially the Jesuits).
  • One who is in their tertiate training.
  • The third classification of animals in some ranked taxonomic systems, such as that proposed by Linnaeus.
  • [Adjective]
  • Having 2:3 proportion.
  • Having three parts.

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