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Meaning decimate meaning

What does decimate mean?

decimate

— verb kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies — verb (= wipe out) kill in large numbers the plague wiped out an entire population

Synonyms decimate synonyms

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decimate English » English

annihilate wipe out eliminate extinguish exterminate eradicate kill destroy carry off thin out murder massacre kill off devastate wreck waste unfix undo spoil shake down ruin reduce mow down mar keep down impair expunge do in do for deflower deface bump off blight blemish blast abate

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What do people use decimate to talk about?
Person Life Die

Kill

Conjugation decimate conjugation

How do you conjugate decimate?

decimate · verb

Examples decimate examples

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Otherwise the Germans will decimate the Russian people.
I mean, cross them off get rid of them, destroy them, decimate them and there'd only be one man left- me, archibald beechcroft, esquire.
We could decimate our family!
Why did you decimate my legion?
Nothing else to add, unless it's to say that your stable is decimate!
On behalf of our government, we'll decimate those bastards.
Come on, let's decimate this dance floor.
One outsider with a common cold can decimate an entire tribe.
That sounds good, nice word - decimate.
He will decimate his enemies.
Sign the surrender, or I will decimate this town!
A young person, other minority group members, - have a much greater chance of being arrested and are arrested, - and if this continues, we're going to decimate the youthful population of America.
Odds are it'll hit the right mutation within that time period. or so completely decimate. the entire population through trial and error. that there won't be enough people left alive to merit being called humanity.
You decimate my house.
And at the same time I don't see that we can merely sit by and watch Robur decimate the entire world.
We must decimate the Redskins so they become a minority, eh what?
Leo Vorka, the aging dictator, has assigned the notorious Georgi Kull to begin a purge which will decimate his country's younger artists.
Common wisdom has it that if there are survivors, the nuclear aftermath will further decimate the population.
One outsider coming in here with a common cold can decimate an entire tribe.
He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies.
Once there, he'd be able to decimate all whitelighters.
Why would my country deliberately provoke an attack that would decimate us?
Our wormhole technology will decimate your planet.
As you are no doubt aware, I am in possession of enough of the virus to decimate a good portion of the population of this country.
Are you suggesting that ringing this bell will decimate Rome?!
They, who could decimate our entire clan on a whim.
Let's decimate this dance floor.
He will. decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try, against all odds, against all prejudices, to get home.
Mr. President, I'II ask you once again: Sign the surrender, or I will decimate this town!
A war between them would decimate both sides and return the balance of power to the System Lords, which for now is much more preferable to one all-powerful Goa'uld.
Shall we decimate them?
That sounds good, nice word, decimate.
An object that big could decimate a metropolitan area or even a small state.
This massive bursts could decimate Earth.
You will decimate entire disciplines here at g.d.
Just decimate one every few days.
You'd be crazy not to decimate her house the way she tried to decimate ours.
Then I left out some choice cuts of beef, to keep them from hunger, so it wouldn't decimate our herd of Corsican sheep.
If even one of those HazMat cars blew, it could easily decimate an entire town.

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Humanity had to abandon its warlike ways, Wells said, or technology would decimate it.

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