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Decimate   Listen
verb
Decimate  v. t.  (past & past part. decimated; pres. part. decimating)  
1.
To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
2.
To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
3.
To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.





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Words linked to "Decimate" :   eliminate, carry off, eradicate, extinguish, kill


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