Decimate

Definition:

• (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
• (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
• (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

Compare decimate with other words:

decimate vs. decimated

decimate vs. replicate

decimate vs. pulverize

decimate vs. decimator

decimate vs. pulverised

decimate vs. eradicate

annihilate vs. decimate

decimate vs. declension

decimate vs. disintegrate

decimate vs. tromp

corrode vs. decimate

decimate vs. decimation

decimate vs. tithe