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Decimate
ˈdɛsɪmeɪt
Decimate definitions
verb
decimate
decimated
decimates
decimating
- kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of
"the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"
- drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something)
"public transport has been decimated"
- kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group
"the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers"