Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of |
Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of |
Decimate (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of |
eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out decimate carry off | kill in large numbers, the plague wiped out an entire population |
decimate | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |