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Verb: decimate  'de-su`meyt
  1. Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
     
  2. Kill in large numbers
    "the plague decimated an entire population"
    - eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off

Derived forms: decimating, decimated, decimates

See also: decimation

Type of: kill

Encyclopedia: Decimate

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