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Decimate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Decimate? [v] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [v] kill one in every ten of, as of mutineers in Roman armies Synonyms \| Synonyms for Decimate: annihilate \| carry off \| eliminate \| eradicate \| extinguish \| wipe out Related Terms \| Find terms related to Decimate: annihilate \| bring to ruin \| butcher \| commit carnage \| commit genocide \| commit mass murder \| condemn \| confound \| consume \| damn \| deal destruction \| demolish \| depopulate \| depredate \| desolate \| despoil \| destroy \| devastate \| devour \| dissolve \| engorge \| exterminate \| gobble \| gobble up \| gut \| gut with fire \| havoc \| incinerate \| lay in ruins \| lay waste \| massacre \| murder wholesale \| ravage \| raze \| ruin \| ruinate \| shipwreck \| slaughter \| slay en masse \| swallow up \| throw into disorder \| unbuild \| undo \| unleash destruction \| unleash the hurricane \| unmake \| upheave \| vandalize \| vaporize \| waste \| wipe out \| wrack \| wreak havoc \| wreck See Also \| kill Decimate In Webster's Dictionary \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson. 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. --Macaulay. 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

Decimate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decimate?

[v] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
[v] kill one in every ten of, as of mutineers in Roman armies

See Also | kill

Decimate In Webster's Dictionary

\Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to
decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See
{Decimal}.]
1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson.

2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of;
   as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
   --Macaulay.

3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army
   in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

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