decimate

Speech parts

1. decimate - Noun

2. decimate - Verb

Meaning

To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

eliminate eradicate extinguish annihilate devastate wipe out carry off wrack butcher slay kill destroy murder waste execute
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Antonyms

amnesty make create aid build advance
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Hypernyms

kill

Derivatives

decimated decimating

Anagrams

medicate edematic

Examples

Now for a good twelve-hour sleep, I told myself. Twelve solid hours. Let birds sing, let people go to work. Somewhere out there, a volcano might blow, Israeli commandos might decimate a Palestinian village. I couldn't stop it. I was going to sleep. Haruki Murakami

They want to create rather than decimate. Paul Butterfield

Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquet by giving him away. George Bernard Shaw

Come decimate dictatorships and overthrow regimes In exotic far-off places the vacation of your dreams You'll assemble puppet governments and play the hand of God We're an equal opportunity crime fighting squad Citizen CIA. Dropkick Murphys

the plague wiped out an entire population Source: Internet

Cyclops eventually uses the Phoenix Egg to become one with the Phoenix Force again and uses his powers to decimate the Children of Tomorrow. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

decimalization decimalize decimally decimation decimator decime