Defenition of the word decimate

• Defenition of the word decimate

  • To severely reduce; to destroy almost completely.
  • To kill in large numbers.
  • kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
  • kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
  • kill in large numbers

Synonyms for the word decimate

• • annihilate
  • carry off
  • cut a swathe through
  • cut down
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • extinguish
  • lay waste
  • reduce
  • ruin
  • slaughter
  • wipe out

Similar words in the decimate

• • decimate
  • decimated
  • decimates

Hypernyms for the word decimate

• • kill

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