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Decimate

noun
/ˈdɛ.sɪ.meɪt/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
2.nounA tenth of something.
3.nounA set of ten items.
4.verbTo kill one-tenth of a group, (specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
5.verbTo destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
6.verbTo devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
7.verbTo exact a tithe or other 10% tax
8.verbTo tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
9.verbTo decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths etc.
10.verbTo reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
11.verbTo replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.

Synonyms

decimalizetithedevastatecarry offeliminateannihilateeradicateextinguishwipe outreducedestroyruin

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatedesolatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineate
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