Decimate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdesɪmeɪt|
Brit.
|ˈdesɪmeɪt|
verb
- kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- kill in large numbers (syn: annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out)
- kill in large numbers (syn: annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out)
Extra examples
This kind of moth is responsible for decimating thousands of trees in our town.
Budget cuts have decimated public services in small towns.
Typhus fever decimated the school periodically. (E. Gaskell)
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: decimate
he/she/it: decimates
present participle: decimating
past tense: decimated
past participle: decimated
I/you/we/they: decimate
he/she/it: decimates
present participle: decimating
past tense: decimated
past participle: decimated
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